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William R. Rhodes

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William R. Rhodes is Co-Chair of the Bretton Woods Committee’s Sovereign Debt Working Group.

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  1. The Global Order’s Triple Policy Challenge
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    The Global Order’s Triple Policy Challenge

    Aug 22, 2023 William R. Rhodes & John Lipsky outline several steps that governments could take to encourage capital inflows to emerging economies.

  2. Who Is to Blame for the New Banking Crisis?
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    Who Is to Blame for the New Banking Crisis?

    Mar 16, 2023 William R. Rhodes & Stuart P.M. Mackintosh consider the role that deregulation played in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

  3. Does the G20 Have a Future?
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    Does the G20 Have a Future?

    Jun 13, 2022 William R. Rhodes & Stuart P.M. Mackintosh doubt that the group can continue to serve a constructive role amid rising geopolitical tensions.

  4. China's Self-Destructive Tech Takedown
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    China's Self-Destructive Tech Takedown

    Oct 12, 2021 William R. Rhodes & Stuart P.M. Mackintosh think the state’s increasing control over the economy’s most dynamic sector could imperil growth.

  5. The Threats to Recovery
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    The Threats to Recovery

    Mar 3, 2021 William R. Rhodes & Stuart P.M. Mackintosh highlight the delicate task rich-country policymakers will face once they start scaling back stimulus measures.

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    Whither the G20?

    Takatoshi Ito

    Following the latest G20 summit, the G7 should be thinking seriously about deepening its own ties with more non-aligned countries. If the Ukraine war drags on, and if China continues to threaten to take Taiwan by force, the G20 will be split between friends of the BRICS and friends of the G7.

     sees the grouping as increasingly divided between friends of the G7 and friends of China and Russia.
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    Making the Most of Africa’s Strategic Green Minerals

    Marit Kitaw explains how the continent can move beyond resource extraction to build green industry.
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    America Must Join Europe’s Climate Club

    Gary Yohe & Roger Kuhns urge US policymakers to create a carbon-pricing policy in line with the bloc’s emissions-reduction plan.
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    Measuring Corruption in China

    Yongheng Deng & Shang-Jin Wei outline a novel approach to assessing the extent and scope of the country's graft problem.
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    To Protect Democracy, Revive Local Journalism

    Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca identify promising new models and philanthropic initiatives geared toward supporting independent media.
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    How to Achieve Universal Cancer Care

    Sonali Johnson urges governments worldwide to include the disease in national health-insurance schemes.
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    What Climate Finance Needs

    Nouriel Roubini & Reza Bundy

    To prevent catastrophic climate change and accelerate the global transition to a net-zero economy, policymakers and asset owners urgently need to rethink how we channel capital at scale. The key is to develop new financial instruments that are profitable, liquid, and easily accessible to savers and investors globally.

     explain what it will take to channel private capital and savings toward sustainable development.
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    Down on the Biden Economy

    James K. Galbraith thinks the failure of wages to keep up with inflation explains much of the public’s dour mood.
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    The Dollar’s Full-Spectrum Dominance

    Carla Norrlöf foresees the greenback’s continued global hegemony owing to network effects and opportunism.

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