We didn’t U-turn. The world changed, writes Indermit Gill, the bank’s chief economist
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Interventionists who think so should read its new report more closely
The World Bank’s U-turn on industrial policy is significant, but not sufficient, argue Professors Stiglitz and Carvalho
Protectionism is failing to revive manufacturing
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
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Co-operation on the financial system will be the casualty
