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Bretton Woods: A System That Can’t Be Fixed—But Can Be Made Fairer and More Effective

Oct 13, 2025

The IMF and World Bank can no longer function as instruments that discipline some member countries while deferring to others. Their challenge is to transform the exercise of power among member countries into a framework of mutual respect and cooperation.

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Economists Warn: Trump’s Intel Move Looks Like Performance, Not Policy

Aug 26, 2025

Two economists who have studied Intel warn that Trump’s move to take a stake in the company amounts to flashy optics, incoherent strategy, and a creeping politicization of economic policy.