Chad P. Bown (PIIE) and Thomas J. Bollyky (Council on Foreign Relations) ABSTRACTMany months after COVID-19 vaccines were first authorized for public use,still limited supplies could only partially reduce the devastating loss of lifeand economic costs caused by the pandemic. Could additional vaccine doseshave been manufactured …
Photo: Cyano66 on iStock Luis Rubio No one can confuse the government of China with that of Mexico. Independently of the immense historical and cultural differences, the two nations seek to transform themselves, each in their own style and form. Whatever ends up being the future of the Asian giant, the great contrast between the …
1.8 million kilograms of the UK’s plastic waste is exported to other countries every single day. What would it look like if that exact amount was dumped on Downing Street?
Felix Marquardt We have lost the plot when it comes to migration. In our collective consciousness, the term ‘migration’ conjures up images of hordes of refugees fleeing ‘their’ country, escaping on rafts and coming to invade ‘ours’. When we think of migration, we think of …
Juan Villoro Each event derives from circumstances that are not always logical. On August 9, 1945, the Bockscar bomber took off from its base in the Mariana Islands to Kokura, on the island of Kyushu, where the Nippon Steel factory, decisive for the Japanese military …
José Manuel Suárez Mier* The absurd proposals to entrust central banks with fighting global warming by “greening” the financial system, which I have dealt with in this column in the last installments, extend to the entire productive apparatus, which if achieved would bring about a …
José Manuel Suárez Mier** The Network of Banks and Banking Supervisors to “Green” the Financial System (NGFS), together with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), organized last week their conference entitled The Green Swan 2021 to “define the immediate …
José Manuel Suárez Mier* Central banks were created to provide strength to countries’ financial systems, acting as their lender of last resort and offering the necessary liquidity to face the recurring crises that afflict the banking systems and thus restore or preserve their stability. In …
José Manuel Suárez Mier* It is fashionable to propose tax reforms to raise government revenue to undertake endless spending, from creating a universal welfare state, redistributing income and wealth, investing in ultra-broadly defined infrastructure, to solving global warming. The jeremiad of some in Mexico, with …
Antonio Navalón June 6 is and will continue to be a key date in the history of humanity, but especially among European nations. On June 6, 1944, the Normandy shores turned gray. That day, more than 150 thousand soldiers, more than 6 thousand ships, and …