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Jim O'Neill

Jim O'Neill

Writing for PS since 2008
133 commentaries
4 videos & podcasts

Jim O’Neill is a former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and a former UK Treasury minister.

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  1. Will the Dollar Continue to Fall?
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    Will the Dollar Continue to Fall?

    Mar 19, 2025 Jim O'Neill explains why the US currency has been declining despite widespread expectations to the contrary.

  2. The Global Economy Without America
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    The Global Economy Without America

    Feb 24, 2025 Jim O'Neill thinks the Trump administration may convince the rest of the world to rely less on US consumer demand.

  3. Trump’s First Test Will Be the Bond Market
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    Trump’s First Test Will Be the Bond Market

    Jan 20, 2025 Jim O'Neill wonders if recent market signals will keep the new administration’s radicalism in check.

  4. Trump’s Impossible Economics
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    Trump’s Impossible Economics

    Nov 25, 2024 Jim O'Neill thinks the president-elect’s agenda is not only incoherent but also mathematically inconceivable.

  5. The BRICS Still Don’t Matter
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    The BRICS Still Don’t Matter

    Oct 17, 2024 Jim O'Neill thinks the grouping continues to show that it serves no purpose beyond generating symbolic political gestures.

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    America Looks Like a Troubled Emerging-Market Economy

    Desmond Lachman lists the symptoms, from tariffs and massive public debt, to oligarchy and flagrant conflicts of interest.
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    Will Trump Destroy the Dollar’s Primacy?

    Within its first two months, President Donald Trump’s second administration has attacked US institutions, alienated trade partners and allies, decimated consumer and investor confidence, and sent the stock market plummeting. Can the dollar’s status as the world’s leading reserve currency – and the extraordinary advantages this affords the US economy – withstand the onslaught?

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    Will AI Mean Higher Taxes?

    Dambisa Moyo warns business leaders that automation-driven efficiency gains may come with hidden long-term costs.
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    A Defining Moment for Energy Security and Economic Prosperity

    Gaston Browne points out that the energy transition is vital not only to protect the planet, but also to enhance resilience.
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    How Much “Weaponization” Can the Global Economy Take?

    Carla Norrlöf worries that major powers’ understandable reliance on economic coercion will go too far.
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    Fixing Public Finances Without a Chainsaw

    Dag Detter

    Governments are the most important wealth managers in their respective jurisdictions, but they rarely behave like it. To boost revenue and ensure economic stability, policymakers must modernize their accounting practices and establish public wealth funds.

    urges cash-strapped countries to adopt a commercial approach to management of government-owned assets.
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    Rescuing America’s Economy from Trump

    J. Bradford DeLong thinks the US president needs a regent, similar to the role Howard Baker played under Ronald Reagan.
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    The Transatlantic World Will Never Be the Same

    Carl Bildt urges Europeans to prepare for the worst from Donald Trump’s America, which is behaving like an adversary.
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    Making Sense of the Tariff Chaos

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg considers whether the zero-sum logic behind the new US policy will spread.

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