Trust is essential for the success of public policies. Agustín Carstens argues that policymakers’ success in dealing with recent crises was due to the trust they had built over the years, which allowed them to take decisive action when required
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AI will both be of considerable help to the financial authorities and bring new challenges. Jon Danielsson and Andreas Uthemann discuss how the authorities might want to approach AI, where it can help, and what to watch out for
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The threats of geoeconomic fragmentation have accelerated in recent years. Alessandro D’Orazio, Fabrizio Ferriani and Andrea Gazzani introduce a novel firm-level revenue-weighted geopolitical risk index
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World Commerce Review interviews Josephine George, Managing Director of the Bank of St Hele-na, the recipient of the WCR awards Best Bank for Financial Inclusion 2024 and Best Bank Startup in 21st Century, who discusses the bank’s use of new technology to support customer experience
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World Commerce Review is pleased to announce that the Bank of St Helena Ltd has been awarded the WCR Best Bank for Financial Inclusion 2024.
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Joe Biden delivers a feisty State of the Union address with vision for the second term, discussing the economy, Ukraine, IVF and abortion protections, and defending democracy
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Governments around the world are creating regulation to come to grips with the perceived risks of AI. Bertin Martens writes that, as it stands, it is unknown whether the Act will stimulate responsible AI use or smother innovation
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Cristina Caffarra and Burcu Kilic describe how antitrust thinking has been undergoing a major shift in the US, and ‘antimonopoly’ has become a broader value in multiple areas of economic policy
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Taxing the wealthy effectively and equitably presents a choice between wealth and capital income taxes, each with its own trade-offs. Spencer Bastani and Daniel Waldenström compare the effectiveness of the two forms of taxation
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Countries use their economic strength to achieve geopolitical goals. Christopher Clayton, Matteo Maggiori and Jesse Schreger present a novel framework to understand how a hegemon in the international system exerts its power within its economic network
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