“Europe is drifting away from the technology frontier … from that viewpoint, I think Europe’s business model, looking forward, is not sustainable.” A quintessential insider discusses Europe’s competitiveness.
A leading market maker for investment in carbon removal believes that tackling climate change has to be done quickly, but that the problem is tractable. Doom-laden thinking has gone too far.
“We need to talk about inflation. It’s unfair. It’s not democratic, it’s a terrible thing to unleash on society. And I think many of us have forgotten what damage it can do,” says a leading British economist.
In this episode, Brookings Institution economist Homi Kharas explores the trends influencing developing countries and the emergence of the world's middle class.