How the Great Moderation Became a (Contained) Depression and What to Do About It
By Barry Z. Cynamon, Steven M. Fazzari & Mark Setterfield
The Great Recession was deep and the subsequent recovery has been slower than most economists...
Mortgage Lending Solutions for Troubled Markets
By Anna DeSimone
Creation of wealth began with farmers who planted something into the land and earned income from harvesting food. Others created wealth from...
Can Financial Innovations Mitigate Civil and Ethnic Conflict?
By Saumitra Jha
The failure to align the incentives of self-interested groups in favor of beneficial reform is often considered a major cause of civil...
Macro-Prudential Supervision in Europe’s Banking Union
By Dirk Schoenmaker
Eurozone banking union discussions are full of questions about the scope of Eurozone micro-prudential bank supervision. Yet, this article argues that there...
Transfer Pricing Update: New discussion draft issued by OECD
By Les Secular
The OECD has issued an updated Discussion Draft on “The Interpretation and Application of Article Permanent Establishments (‘PE’) – of the OECD...
Fiscal Child Abuse American Style
By Laurence Kotlikoff & Scott Burns
President Kennedy said, “Our problems are man-made. Therefore, they may be solved by man.” Looking at America’s current horrendous...
Why Transfer Pricing is Key to Decision Making and Strategic Reviews
By Les Secular
This article looks at how Transfer Pricing can impact the bottom line on financial statements, particularly in the current global economic climate,...
Dividends – Everything you know is wrong!
By David Hogarty
The world is constantly changing. We see it all the time. Yesterday’s league leaders become today’s relegation battlers. Alternative misfits become mainstream...
Asset Price Bubbles: Lessons From The Recent Financial Crisis
By Douglas Evanoff, George Kaufman & Anastasios G. Malliaris
The successful performance of the U.S. economy during the ‘Great Moderation’ period of 1984 to 2006...
Keynes, Kant and Capital Flows
By Oliver Bush
This is an abridged and altered version of Bush, O, Farrant, K and Wright, M (2011), ‘Reform of the International Monetary and...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
The Performance and Transformation Orchestrator: The CFO’s New Mandate in the Age of AI
By Terence Tse
CFOs are evolving into AI-driven transformation orchestrators, balancing finance, technology, and strategy while upskilling teams, managing risks, and driving measurable business value.
A key insight from this year’s AI for CFOs event, organized...
