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The International Economics Program
The International Economics program aims to explain developments in the international economy, and influence policy. It does so by undertaking independent analytical research.
The International Economics program contributes to the Lowy Institute’s core publications: policy briefs and policy analyses. For example, the program contributed the Lowy Institute Paper, John Edwards’ Beyond the Boom, which argued that Australia’s transition away from the commodities boom will be quite smooth.
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The dark art of economic forecasting
Since so much international economic discussion revolves around GDP forecasting, it's worth looking at the quirks and pitfalls of this black art. Yogi Berra famously said 'It's…
Who will lead the Fed?
Ben Bernanke's term as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve finishes in January next year, and President Obama has indicated that he will be replaced rather than reappointed.
The…
Development links: Wolfensohn, PNG, infographics, post-MDG and more
James Wolfensohn reflects on his life, the future of aid and development, and why the BRICS will step up.
Nice story: last person to get smallpox dedicated his life to ending…
TPP: The fight over investment rights
Amy Schwebel is a research officer for the Australian Council of Trade Unions.
After three-and-a-half years of negotiation, the investment chapter of the Trans Pacific…
G20 Brisbane: Can Australia do the 'vision thing'?
Mike Callaghan is Director of the Lowy Institute's G20 Studies Centre.
Tax and trade will be two high profile issues on the G20 agenda when Australia chairs the forum in 2014…
Reports
Development and the G20
This issue of the G20 Monitor examines the topic of development and the G20. In line with the coverage of G20 agenda items in previous issues of the Monitor, the focus is on…
Farewell, consensus future?
Back in 2010, I wrote a piece called Our Consensus Future, which tried to set out what I thought represented a fairly broad consensus forecast for the global economy over the…
Robotics and unemployment
Australia's public broadcaster SBS has been screening the PBS Newshour for years (decades?) now, and for me one of the highlights of the program is the regular segments by…
Emerging economies: Why so gloomy?
Ever since the 2008 financial crisis left many advanced economies in disarray, global growth has been sustained only through the continued spectacular performance of the emerging…
Indonesia's development formula II
Part 1 of this post here.
The debate Joe Studwell has advanced in How Asia Works (see Sam Roggeveen's three-part interview here) is, in fact, not that novel.
Studwell is not…