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Anne O Krueger

Anne O Krueger

Anne O Krueger, a former World Bank chief economist and former first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is Senior Research Professor of International Economics at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, and Senior Fellow at the Center for International Development, Stanford University

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OPINION

Resetting US-China trade relations

Given China’s desire to be a respected member of the international community, a more satisfactory US approach would involve seeking cooperation and mutual gain when possible and limiting confrontation to vital issues.
Feb 28, 2021
OPINION

Does pandemic debt relief work?

Rather than pursue more debt relief to help the developing world weather the COVID-19 crisis, rich countries should provide pandemic-related necessities directly. Debt relief is so imprecise a mechanism that it is as likely to benefit private-sector creditors as it is to help the poor.
Jan 31, 2021
OPINION

Can poor countries avoid a vaccine bidding war?

The best way to help poor countries obtain more doses is to reach an international agreement, presumably through COVAX and the WHO, to coordinate the allocation of available vaccines.
Dec 24, 2020
OPINION

America must mend many fences on trade

It is almost impossible to comprehend how much damage Donald Trump’s presidency has done to America’s global standing these past four years.
Nov 26, 2020
OPINION

Trump’s crony capitalism

Under the Trump administration, crony capitalism has taken root, and will now need to be weeded out. Otherwise, the US economy will continue to be hobbled while crooks and grifters line their pockets.
Oct 23, 2020
OPINION

Trump’s spectacular trade failure

Trump’s bilateralism and rejection of the WTO has undermined the entire international trading system and inflicted great harm on US firms and households.
Sep 26, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates

Financial repression revisited?

WASHINGTON, DC – The US federal debt-to-GDP ratio rose sharply during the 2008-09 Great Recession and continued rising thereafter, going from 62 percent in 2007 to 90 percent in 2010. By 2019, it had reached 106 percent, and the Congressional Budget Office was warning that the trust funds for Social...
Aug 24, 2020
OPINION

What the global pandemic response is missing

WASHINGTON, DC – After ravaging the developed world, COVID-19 is now devastating developing and emerging-market countries, most of which lack the medical and financial capacity to combat the pandemic and its economic effects.
Jun 25, 2020
OPINION

The rich world’s pandemic imperative

WASHINGTON, DC – COVID-19 has confronted the world with a horrific crisis. Because developing a vaccine will likely take at least a year, governments need to buy time to keep health-care facilities from being overwhelmed and to minimize the number of people who fall ill and die, not least by reducin...
May 24, 2020
OPINION

Only Multilateralism Can Save Us

WASHINGTON, DC – The global economy was ripe for a recession even before the coronavirus pandemic struck. Many commentators have been warning that stock markets were overheated, that advanced economies were heading for a slowdown, and that US President Donald Trump’s protectionist policies had disru...
Mar 22, 2020