“We could see a U-shaped recovery,” says Takatoshi Ito. 

Arvind Panagariya discusses his recent book and more.

Signs of coal’s demise are everywhere, writes Jason Bordoff, but the world needs a better plan to phase out thousands of coal power plants still in use.

Scandals mounting around the family of Brazil's president are unlikely to have any impact on hia political base, says Rodrigo Soares.

Joseph Stiglitz and Jeffrey Sachs are among those commenting.

Kenneth Prewitt: “If the current situation holds, I do not expect a census of the quality that the Census Bureau will even want to release the data.”