Until COVID-19 hit, populist politicians of the right and the left –many of them with evident authoritarian leanings— were on the rise around the world.
The selection of the World Trade Organization's new Director General presents an opportunity for reform, but it could also result in a further weakening of the institution.
Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member Silvana Tenreyro discusses some of the emerging academic research on the macroeconomics of COVID-19, including how it has influenced her recent monetary policy decisions.
Recent elections in the advanced western democracies have undermined the basic foundations of political systems that had previously beaten back all challenges-from both the left and the right.