New Horizons Hub: The key to the productivity puzzle

Although the factors contributing to stagnant productivity are well known, economists and policymakers pay little attention to how to address them in a coordinated way, writes Diane Coyle for Project Syndicate. We pick up on this in our top selection of this week's stories from our ING authors and trusted third-party providers

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VoxEU: A proposal for an Asian digital common currency

This column advocates the introduction of an Asian digital common currency as a multilateral synthetic currency comparable to the euro. We argue that the…

Opinion

Project Syndicate: The Key to the Productivity Puzzle

Although the factors contributing to stagnant productivity are well known, economists and policymakers paid little attention on how to address these…

Opinion

Project Syndicate: Who’s afraid of rules-based monetary policy?

The US Federal Reserve this year has announced a fundamental change in its overall strategy. Yet in doing so, it has unnecessarily introduced more…

Opinion

Project Syndicate: Minding the digital economy’s narrowing gaps

By collapsing physical distance, the digital economy has overcome one of the largest hurdles to market formation and efficiency. But data-driven digital…

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The feeling of scarcity

At some point, there will likely come a time when we face the prospect of being scarce of something. This may range from money, food, time or any such…