Last month I went to Chile to vote in the national presidential election held on Nov 17.  This was the second time that I voted in my country.  The previous one was years ago, when Pinochet asked Chileans to vote "yes" or "no" as to whether they supported his brutal regime against the United Nations'…

The global downturn that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 has now lasted for more than five years and the world as a whole is far from normal employment or economic activity. Even the United States, which has seen a healthier recovery than much of Europe, is still struggling with high unemployment and…

Advanced economies face profound economic, budgetary and social risks ...