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Saturday 14/January/2017 14:28 PM

Looking back on Barack

Any assessment of Barack Obama’s eight-year US presidency should start at the beginning: his first inauguration, on January 20, 2009. The US economy was...

Saturday 14/January/2017 14:15 PM

Economic crises and the crisis of economics

Is the economics profession “in crisis”? Many policymakers, such as Andy Haldane, the Bank of England’s chief economist, believe that it is. Indeed, a...

Wednesday 11/January/2017 16:36 PM

Obama's farewell speech

Times of Oman designers depict a world around them through illustrations everyday, either to enhance the visual elements of a story or as a standalone...

Wednesday 11/January/2017 14:57 PM

China's currency policies need an overhaul

The irony of the yuan rally that took bears by surprise last week was that the surge came just days before China announced that its foreign currency...

Wednesday 11/January/2017 14:27 PM

Hoping for the best against Trump

Is there any reason for liberals to feel optimistic after a year of political disasters? Is there even a shred of silver lining to be found in the tatters...

Wednesday 11/January/2017 14:08 PM

The next world order

The annus horribilis of 2016 is behind us now. But its low points – the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union, the election of Donald Trump...

Tuesday 10/January/2017 21:48 PM

Putin tired of hacking

Times of Oman designers depict a world around them through illustrations everyday, either to enhance the visual elements of a story or as a standalone...

Tuesday 10/January/2017 14:54 PM

Trumpian uncertainty

Every January, I try to craft a forecast for the coming year. Economic forecasting is notoriously difficult; but, notwithstanding the truth expressed in...