US Economy
![History repeats: A new (old) economic corridor emerges](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-10/IMEC%20comp.jpg?itok=VWUnjTuO)
History repeats: A new (old) economic corridor emerges
The newly announced India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) seeks to reimagine the natural connectivity of eras past. Historic trading links between the Indian…
![How should Australia react to Bidenomics?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-10/53235188690_30b4127bb0_o.jpg?itok=t9rh4Cwg)
How should Australia react to Bidenomics?
American economic policy has shifted towards government intervention, including industrial policy and away from free-trade. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan set out the…
![Australia must play the geoeconomics game, or risk being side-lined](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-10/Periodic%20table%20comp.jpg?itok=EvFrJN1R)
Australia must play the geoeconomics game, or risk being side-lined
Last month, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon stated geopolitics is now the biggest global risk to the economy. Australian business leaders on the receiving end of Chinese economic…
![De-dollarisation: shifting power between the US and BRICS](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-08/US%20currencyc%20comp.jpg?itok=WBnpGYbA)
De-dollarisation: shifting power between the US and BRICS
There has been increasing talk of the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) developing a new currency that will rival the US dollar as the global reserve…
![A return to old-school mercantilism?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-07/Chinese%20worker%20in%20baby%20carriage%20factory%20comp.jpg?itok=xASzK4_A)
A return to old-school mercantilism?
Talk is cheap. In the international system, states closely monitor each other’s actions and rhetoric becomes secondary. With the acceleration of great power competition, states…
![Is US industrial policy headed in the wrong direction?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-06/Solar%20panels%20US%20comp.jpg?itok=XS_JWHg7)
Is US industrial policy headed in the wrong direction?
The Biden administration’s “modern American industrial strategy” marks a striking departure from prevailing economic orthodoxy. The United States is now championing muscular…
![The end of the neo-liberal order?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-06/%2450%20notes%20comp.jpg?itok=qoC5o1xB)
The end of the neo-liberal order?
Did US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s “New Washington Consensus” speech on 27 April signal the end of the neo-liberal order, when free markets had a paramount role in…
![Economic diplomacy: Duelling D-words to delineate China](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-06/Letter%20D%20comp.jpg?itok=yoM-B2g3)
Economic diplomacy: Duelling D-words to delineate China
Risky business
For the leader-in-waiting from a small, risk averse country, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong was remarkably quick last month to smack down the…
![When the chips are down: Biden’s semiconductor war](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Biden%20CHIP%20hi%20res.jpg?itok=WPaXlL55)
When the chips are down: Biden’s semiconductor war
Export control policy in the semiconductor sector – an industry that supplies the world’s computer, smartphone, appliances and medical equipment industry with electronic chips –…
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Podcasts
COVIDcast: Joseph E. Stiglitz on global cooperation in a time of international mistrust
In this episode of COVIDcast, Lowy Institute Research Fellow Alexandre Dayant sat down with Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz to discuss the prospect of global cooperation in a time of…
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