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Mohamed A. El-Erian

Mohamed A. El-Erian

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Mohamed A. El-Erian, President of Queens’ College at the University of Cambridge, is a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the author of The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse (Random House, 2016), and a co-author (with Gordon Brown, Michael Spence, and Reid Lidow) of Permacrisis: A Plan to Fix a Fractured World (Simon & Schuster, 2023).

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  1. Give the UK Growth Agenda a Chance
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    Give the UK Growth Agenda a Chance

    Jan 31, 2025 Mohamed A. El-Erian sees promise in the current government’s economic-policy plan despite its imperfections.

  2. Shock-Proofing the UK Economy
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    Shock-Proofing the UK Economy

    Jan 14, 2025 Mohamed A. El-Erian urges the government to communicate better what it is doing to boost resilient growth – and to do more.

  3. A Baseline Scenario for the Global Economy in 2025
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    A Baseline Scenario for the Global Economy in 2025

    Dec 24, 2024 Mohamed A. El-Erian offers his predictions for the new year while acknowledging that the range of possible outcomes is widening.

  4. Once Again, It Was the Economy, Stupid
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    Once Again, It Was the Economy, Stupid

    Nov 14, 2024 Mohamed A. El-Erian explains how and why Democrats failed to connect with US voters’ pocketbook realities.

  5. Toward a Fifth World Order
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    Toward a Fifth World Order

    Oct 21, 2024 Gordon Brown & Mohamed A. El-Erian explain why multilateral institutions urgently need to be reformed, and why the G20 is the right forum for it.

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    Will Trump Trigger a Eurozone Debt Crisis?

    Desmond Lachman hopes the US president recognizes that his proposed tariffs could quickly blow back on the US.
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    Indonesia’s Incomplete Industrial Strategy

    Keun Lee & Marco Kamiya point out that, for emerging and developing economies, attracting foreign direct investment is not enough.
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    Europe’s Powerful Tool Against Russia

    Andrew Kosenko & Joseph E. Stiglitz

    If European leaders want to follow through on their statements in support of Ukraine following America’s betrayal of the country, they must seize the moment by seizing Russia’s assets. Europe has become the world’s bulwark against the rising tide of authoritarianism, and it can no longer afford to hide behind legalistic excuses.

    urge European governments to seize the $220 billion of Russian assets frozen in their jurisdictions.
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    Making a Better Case for Foreign Aid

    Nilima Gulrajani urges policymakers to formulate an alternative vision of how such a system should work in a post-USAID world.
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    The Future of World Order

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. considers whether US President Donald Trump's second presidency represents a global paradigm shift.
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    Can Global Banking Rules Survive in a Fractured World?

    Howard Davies warns that changes in US foreign policy jeopardize efforts to create a common regulatory framework.
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    Trump’s Tariffs Will Hurt Mexico – and America

    Anne O. Krueger thinks the US administration’s trade restrictions will end up undermining its stated immigration goals.
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    Americans Will Miss Their Government When It’s Gone

    Sami Mahroum explains what will follow from the indiscriminate gutting of federal agencies and mass firings.
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    Trump’s Imaginary Victories

    Jeffrey Frankel says that to call the US president a “transactional” leader is to ignore his utter lack of strategic thinking.

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