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The academic and blogger mourns the world’s bullies, takes on Piketty, and predicts Canada will never have its own Silicon Valley.

New templates for sovereign debt contracts mean that small groups of creditors can no longer hold governments hostage over repayment. By Brett House.

Brett House on the IMF’s new proposals for dealing with a sovereign debt crisis.

This month’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit ended with a promised $14 billion in investments. Adam Sneyd calls for new economic thinking going forward.

70 years since Bretton Woods, the multilateral system is once again in need of reinvention. Brett House on what to do.

Brett House and Kevin English on why central bank swaps should be channeled through the IMF.

Brett House on a new proposal that would allow the IMF to help debt-laden countries without forcing them to default.

In the wake of the IMF/WB Spring Meetings, Brett House considers the continued role of the IMF in reforming the global financial system.

Images from Syria are on display at the World Bank. The target audience is the 188 finance ministers there for the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings.

The International Monetary Fund turns 70 soon. Brett House on why we should celebrate.

Brett House on why the IMF-World Bank meetings currently underway in Washington are just one way the international community collaborates on the economy.

Bessma Momani on what to do about our anemic economic growth path.

Earlier this month, we had the privilege of hosting Christine Lagarde on the occasion of the 2012 Globalist of the Year Gala dinner in Toronto. In her keynote speech, Mme. Lagarde discussed the economic crisis, underlining the susceptibility of domestic economies to slowdowns in other national jurisdictions. The growth trajectories of advanced economies are now […]

Bessma Momani and Kevin English on challenges facing the IMF.

The CIC is proud to be hosting Christine Lagarde on the occasion of her first visit to Canada since assuming her position at the International Monetary Fund. We look forward to hearing her insights, fresh from the recent 2012 IMF and World Bank meetings in Tokyo. Please join us for the live stream of the […]

Does globalization hijack democratic choice or thrive on it? Hancock asks, as Grecians protest.

André Pratte is cynical about the potential of weak democracies to solve complex problems.

Christine Lagarde, recently French Finance Minister, has finally been confirmed as IMF head – but not without having to beat back challenges from pesky upstarts like Mexico, Singapore, and India – and following the trials (literally) and tribulations of former French head, Dominique Straus Khan. Then there’s poor Jean-Claud Trichet, the Frenchman in charge the […]

Last fall, I participated in a workshop hosted by L’Idée Fédérale, a think tank in Montreal headed by one of our Roundtable bloggers, André Pratte.  The topic was modest – “A Bold New Vision for Canada” – and we were all tasked with presenting on an aspect of our changing federation, in my case foreign […]