Opinions

Three innovative proposals for the interbank, corporate, and retail markets in banking. Banks have to decide whether they want to resemble government bureaucracies or Google and eBay

The more economies are open, the larger their public sector is. It’s the foreign consumer who ends up picking up the tab

Nationalizations can only be short-term solutions. Government-owned banks are less efficient and profitable, although depositors consider them safer

Derivatives are still needed for risk management. Those which triggered the crisis were too complex and were traded over-the-counter without explanation

The country celebrated its first year of independence last February. But only 54 states recognize the new entity

Enough empty calls for a new Bretton Woods; now it's time to act, returning to the issues first highlighted by Keynes