KAUAI — Is the dollar poised to lose its dominance of global economic and financial transactions?

 MARRAKESH — Industrial policy is back. It is back with a vengeance in the United States, where for decades the dominant ideology and policy minimised government efforts to influence the structure of the economy.

 BERKELEY — US President Joe Biden and his team get little credit for their management of the American economy.

NEW DELHI — The debate over using frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s reconstruction is coming to a head. The arguments in favor are compelling. The objections are weak.

BERKELEY — When the United States and its G-7 partners imposed sanctions on Russia’s central bank and barred Western financial institutions from doing business with Russian counterparties, commentators warned of far-reaching changes in the global monetary and financial order.

BERKELEY — The ruckus in the United States over the federal debt ceiling has redirected attention toward soaring public borrowing.

STOCKHOLM — With hindsight, 2022 will be seen as the year when artificial intelligence gained street credibility.

GENEVA  —  Right-minded governments are providing Ukraine with military hardware and financial infusions, albeit some more generously than others, to enable the Ukrainians to fight back against Russian aggression.

 BERKELEY  — September 16 marked 30 years since “Black Wednesday”, when the British pound was ignominiously ejected from the exchange rate mechanism (ERM) of the European Monetary System. Not all anniversaries are occasions for celebration.