International Economy

Lowy Institute Conversations: World Bank President David Malpass on COVID-19 and the developing world
Podcasts
Lowy Institute Conversations: World Bank President David Malpass on COVID-19 and the developing world
In this episode of Lowy Institute Conversations, Alexandre Dayant, Research Fellow at the Lowy Institute, sits down with David Malpass, President of the World Bank
Covid recovery, in Australia and the world
Covid recovery, in Australia and the world
In much of the world, Covid-19 infections continue apace, but the global economy is rapidly recovering from last year’s slump. World trade volumes and industrial production were…
Economic diplomacy: Global tax, education exports and Team Australia
Economic diplomacy: Global tax, education exports and Team Australia
Tax and spend US President Joe Biden may be grabbing the global headlines by boosting world growth with his big spending and international security with his telephone diplomacy…
China and the Rules‑Based Order
Interactives
China and the Rules‑Based Order
Seven experts debate China’s approach to the rules‑based international order
COVIDcast: The future of globalisation
COVIDcast: The future of globalisation
In this episode of COVIDcast, Roland Rajah, Lowy Institute lead economist, sat down with Pascal Lamy to discuss the future of globalisation. Lamy has served at the peak of global…
Australia-UK trade agreement: Good, boring policy
Australia-UK trade agreement: Good, boring policy
Australia and the UK kicked off free trade agreement negotiations on 17 June to speeches and video presentations so triumphant as to border on self-parody. Yet for all the…
Lockdown: A dilemma for the economic optimists
Lockdown: A dilemma for the economic optimists
Everyone – including economists themselves – jokes about economic forecasting failures. But the intrinsic difficulties are compounded for the international economic agencies,…
Limiting the global economic fallout from Covid-19
Limiting the global economic fallout from Covid-19
Panic has now set in over the Covid-19 global pandemic. The coronavirus is spreading rapidly, especially in Europe and the US, and severe public-health measures are being put in…
Globalisation’s next wave: Podcast out now
Globalisation’s next wave: Podcast out now
The mass commercialisation of artificial intelligence, machine learning technologies and automation, combined with outsourcing to lower income countries is about to cause massive…
Doubtful merits of cheap money
Commentary
Doubtful merits of cheap money
Originally published in The Australian Financial Review.Stephen Grenville