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A new Bretton Woods

As world leaders move towards concerted action on the economic crisis, what shape should a new settlement take? Read the experts and join the debate on what sort of policies, regulatory framework and financial institutions we need to ward off a global depression
  • A new Bretton Woods
    It takes two

    Harold James

    Harold James: Bilateral talks between China and the US are the most likely way of solving the global financial crisis and reforming the IMF

  • Nick Dearden

    A new Bretton Woods
    Beyond Bretton Woods

    Nick Dearden

    Nick Dearden: Sorry, Gordon, but Bretton Woods II is not the answer for the world's emerging economies. Fundamental reform is needed

  • A new Bretton Woods
    Bretton Woods is dead

    Kevin Gallagher

    Kevin Gallagher: World leaders must commit to forming new international organisations better suited to solving the economic crisis

  • A new Bretton Woods
    New world pragmatism

    Barry Eichengreen

    Barry Eichengreen: There will be no new financial world order on the scale of Bretton Woods in 1944. Here are some important steps that leaders can take

  • A new Bretton Woods
    Start by saving the eurozone

    Simon Johnson

    Simon Johnson: A new Bretton Woods: Recession will test the single currency to breaking point unless measures are taken to counter the policies of the ECB

  • A new Bretton Woods
    Global inequity must end

    Jayati Ghosh

    Jayati Ghosh: A new Bretton Woods: The poor have subsidised the rich for too long. Greater state involvement in economic activity is now necessary

  • Martin Kettle

    A new Bretton Woods
    In times like these

    Martin Kettle
  • A new Bretton Woods
    The financial cloud's silver lining

    Linda Yueh
  • A new Bretton Woods
    Bretton Woods II, with caveats

    Ha-Joon Chang

    Ha-Joon Chang: I broadly agree with Jeffrey Sachs' proposals, but there are flaws in his ideas for trade reform and his development strategies

  • A new Bretton Woods
    Light in the dark corners

    Richard Murphy

    Richard Murphy: A new Bretton Woods: Companies that take refuge in abusive tax havens must be opened up to public scrutiny

  • Business blog
    Economies of scale

    Ann Pettifor

    Ann Pettifor: A new Bretton Woods: To save economies and the planet, we must tame markets, increase state control and bring in a new global trading system

  • A new Bretton Woods
    Amid the rubble of global finance, a blueprint for Bretton Woods II

    Jeffrey Sachs

    Jeffrey Sachs: Durable reform must tackle climate change and world poverty as well as market regulation

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