Global Economy

Trucks and commericial vehicles are unloaded at the Mercato market in Addis Ababa September 11, 2015. Addis Ababa's 'Mercato' - Italian for 'market' - is reputedly the biggest open-air market in Africa, lying in the west of the capital. Supermarkets have sprouted across the city as the metropolis has expanded with Ethiopia's booming economy, but Mercato remains a popular destination for shoppers seeking clothing, electronics and a huge range of other items. It has been around for as long as the city, which was founded at the end of the 19th century, but it took its current form, and its name, from the Italians who invaded Ethiopia in 1935. The Italian occupation ended in 1941. Picture taken September 11, 2015. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - GF10000267939

Figures of the week: With AfCFTA officially in force, Africa is now the largest free trade area

Thursday, May 30, 2019

Hutchins Center Explains promo image

What is “average inflation targeting”?

Thursday, May 30, 2019

A man carries buckets of water at a vegetable field, near a new residential compound, in Hefei, Anhui province, November 13, 2013. The Chinese Communist Party said it would work to deepen fiscal and tax reform, establish a unified land market in cities and the countryside, give farmers more property rights, and develop a sustainable social security system - all seen as necessary for putting the world's second-largest economy on a more stable footing. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: AGRICULTURE SOCIETY POLITICS) - GM1E9BD1HLE01

Is inequality really on the rise?

Ana Revenga and Meagan Dooley

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

A view of office buildings in the central business district of Singapore May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su - RC17EC29F9D0

The rise of corporate market power

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Manufacturers work at an assembly line of Vingroup's Vsmart phone in Hai Phong,Vietnam December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Kham - RC16DDBFE340

How can Vietnam avoid the middle-income trap?

Sebastian Eckardt and Vu Viet Ngoan

Thursday, May 16, 2019

A card showing the price of tomatoes is seen at a food market in Istanbul, Turkey, February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Murad Sezer - RC13CDFC8430

Exporting better

Alberto Portugal, Natasha Rovo, Hilda Shijaku, and Christoph Ungerer

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

A farmer walks through a mustard field at Ghaduwan village in the northern Indian state of Punjab December 16, 2009. REUTERS/Ajay Verma (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS AGRICULTURE SOCIETY) - GM1E5CG1GI901

Should we fear population aging?

Ivailo Izvorski

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

A woman walks past a robot by Robot4U Tech at the WRC 2016 World Robot Conference in Beijing, China, October 21, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - D1BEUIFGQCAA

Maximizing AI’s economic, social, and trade opportunities

Joshua P. Meltzer

Monday, May 13, 2019

Men attend a charity event to distribute meals for homeless people near a cathedral in Russia's southern city of Stavropol November 19, 2014. The charity event was organized by social movements, the Russian Orthodox church and held by former drug and alcohol addicts undergoing rehabilitation, who cooked and distributed food among the homeless, according to organizers. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD POVERTY) - GM1EABJ1C3W01

Can Russia halve poverty by 2024?

Samuel Freije-Rodriguez, Aleksandra Posarac, and Apurva Sanghi

Thursday, May 9, 2019

People move on a street of Marina in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria February 15, 2019. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja - RC1AA6282BF0

Figures of the week: Unique challenges facing African urbanization

Thursday, May 9, 2019