Kristalina Georgieva A resilient world economy is being tested again by the war in the Middle East. The conflict has caused considerable hardship around the globe. My heart goes out…
Can Baydarol Those who know me well are aware that I am particular about style. In communication, anything can be said; every emotion can be expressed, from the most intense…
Levent Gürses The war in Iran is dragging on, with no ceasefire agreement reached. The major energy crisis looks set to intensify… Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy…
Osman Şenkul In ancient India, floods—which remain quite devastating to this day—would occasionally leave peasants without crops and, more importantly, without seeds for the next planting season; consequently, famine spread,…
Levent Gürses Hopes had dimmed following the failure of US-Iran ceasefire talks in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, to reach an agreement last weekend and the US’s announcement that it would impose…
Nick Beams – WSWS For the second year in a row, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is holding its spring meeting (April 13-18) in conditions of global economic and financial…
Paul Krugman When Donald Trump took us to war with Iran, he dismissed warnings from the experts, from the military, from the intelligence community, saying that this was a highly…
Osman Şenkul Pericles (495–429 BC), regarded as one of Ancient Greece’s most powerful statesmen, was trained to become a skilled politician through lessons he received in his childhood from Anaxagoras,…
Can Baydarol The week we are currently going through has been extremely eventful, and it is inevitable that it will continue to be so. By the time you read these…
Chris Skinner There’s a fundamental truth about money that we often forget: money only works because we all agree to use the same system. Whether it’s Visa, SWIFT or central…
IMF / Georgieva: Our members can rely on us for financial support
Kristalina Georgieva A resilient world economy is being tested again by the war in the Middle East. The conflict has caused considerable hardship around the globe. My heart goes out…
Style
Can Baydarol Those who know me well are aware that I am particular about style. In communication, anything can be said; every emotion can be expressed, from the most intense…
The return to normality will take two years; Turkey faces a decline in exports and a wave of bankruptcies
Levent Gürses The war in Iran is dragging on, with no ceasefire agreement reached. The major energy crisis looks set to intensify… Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy…
From the “debt is death” notion to global food inflation leadership
Osman Şenkul In ancient India, floods—which remain quite devastating to this day—would occasionally leave peasants without crops and, more importantly, without seeds for the next planting season; consequently, famine spread,…
We are at the start of the biggest energy crisis; April is set to be even worse
Levent Gürses Hopes had dimmed following the failure of US-Iran ceasefire talks in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, to reach an agreement last weekend and the US’s announcement that it would impose…
WSWS:Rate hikes, of course, would further dampen growth
Nick Beams – WSWS For the second year in a row, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is holding its spring meeting (April 13-18) in conditions of global economic and financial…
Trump wants regime change at the Fed
Paul Krugman When Donald Trump took us to war with Iran, he dismissed warnings from the experts, from the military, from the intelligence community, saying that this was a highly…
The fair tax system of 2,500 years ago would strengthen the economy
Osman Şenkul Pericles (495–429 BC), regarded as one of Ancient Greece’s most powerful statesmen, was trained to become a skilled politician through lessons he received in his childhood from Anaxagoras,…
Riddle
Can Baydarol The week we are currently going through has been extremely eventful, and it is inevitable that it will continue to be so. By the time you read these…
Money only works in a trusted, shared system
Chris Skinner There’s a fundamental truth about money that we often forget: money only works because we all agree to use the same system. Whether it’s Visa, SWIFT or central…