The Price of Maturity

Ronald Lee and Andrew Mason
Aging populations mean countries have to find new ways to support their elderly

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Geriatric Deadbeats

Ali Alichi
Old folks may be less willing to repay sovereign debts

Beyond Retirees

Philippe Karam, Dirk Muir, Joana Pereira, and Anita Tuladhar
How countries change their pension systems and whether they do it in tandem have major implications for global economic health

How Ready for Pensioners?

Neil Howe and Richard Jackson
A new index assesses which countries are the best prepared and which are the worst prepared when it comes to meeting retirees' needs

Balancing the Burden

Nicoletta Batini and Giovanni Callegari
The costs of benefits for current retirees fall more on future Americans than on future Italians

Financial Repression Redux

Carmen M. Reinhart, Jacob F. Kirkegaard, and M. Belen Sbrancia
Governments are once again finding ways to manipulate markets to hold down the cost of financing debt

Making Friends

Deniz Igan and Prachi Mishra
A strong connection exists between financial industry lobbying and favorable financial legislation

Esprit de Currency

Douglas A. Irwin
IMF and WTO must pull together to iron out exchange rate policy disputes

Closing the Jobs Gap

Yasser Abdih
High youth unemployment contributes to widespread unrest in Middle East

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Shaken to the Core

Stephan Danninger and Kenneth Kang
The economic impact of the disaster in Japan is far reaching

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Bankers on the Beach

Maria Gonzalez and Alfred Schipke
Financial flows to offshore financial centers, when properly managed, can contribute to economic growth

Rethinking Economics in a Changed World

Camilla Andersen
Three Nobel laureates discuss what the crisis has taught us

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Michael Spence | Joseph Stiglitz | Robert Solow