Anne O Krueger

Anne O Krueger, a former World Bank chief economist and former first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is Senior Research Professor of International Economics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and Senior Fellow at the Center for International Development at Stanford University.

Seoul has proposed new measures aimed at supporting and accelerating the development of high-tech industries, particularly those in which South Korea already has a competitive edge.

South Korea’s precarious balancing act

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling rejecting US President Donald Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act is likely to limit his ability to use discriminatory tariffs as a bargaining tool.
PERSPECTIVE

Trump’s tariff war has failed on every front

The choice of the next Fed chair should be guided by the objectives set by Congress, not by President Trump’s political interests and personal whims.

The last days of Fed independence?

Despite powerful evidence of tariff policies' harmful effects and several partial reversals, Trump continues to tout protectionism.
PERSPECTIVE

Trump’s big, not-so-beautiful economic mess

India cannot continue to marginalise its nearly 200 million Muslim citizens and still achieve Modi’s goal of reaching developed-country status by 2047.

Can Modi turn India into a developed economy by 2047?

By raising tariffs above the limits set in WTO agreements, the Trump administration has injected enormous uncertainty into the global trading system.
THE BOTTOM LINE

The case for a multilateral trade organisation without America

The Trump administration has targeted law firms, universities, think tanks, semiconductor and battery manufacturers, media companies, research, and more.
THE BROAD VIEW

Trump’s effort to pick America’s corporate winners will end badly

The irony is that increased domestic production, spurred by protectionist policies, reduces the volume of imports – and with it, tariff revenues.
PERSPECTIVE

Trump’s self-defeating trade agenda

A decline in international-student enrolment will not only hinder research at US institutions by shrinking the pool of talented assistants; it will also weaken the global pipeline of future scientists, diminishing the depth and quality of research worldwide.
THE BROAD VIEW

The high cost of Trump’s brain drain

President Trump’s tariff increases will undermine long-term growth by diverting investment away from productivity-enhancing technologies and innovation.

Trump’s anti-growth policies