Michael Spence
Michael Spence, a Nobel laureate in economics, is a professor emeritus of economics and a former dean of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He is a co-author (with Mohamed A. El-Erian, Gordon Brown, and Reid Lidow) of "Permacrisis: A Plan to Fix a Fractured World." This article is provided by Project Syndicate (PS).
Nov 22 , 2025 . By Michael Spence
During a recent trip to Kazakhstan, I was struck by people's enthusiasm for AI. Virtually everyone I encountered, including academics, polic...
Jun 4 , 2022 . By Michael Spence
Recent conversations about the global economy and markets have been defined by a set of recurring questions. While there are many moving par...
Jan 22 , 2022 . By Michael Spence
In 1979, W. Arthur Lewis received the Nobel Prize in economics for his analysis of growth dynamics in developing countries. Deservedly so: H...
Mar 27 , 2021 . By Michael Spence and Joseph E. Stiglitz
The United States expects to “celebrate independence” from COVID-19 by Independence Day (July 4), whe...
May 9 , 2026
The Ethiopian state appears to have discovered a fiscal instrument that is politicall...
May 2 , 2026
By the time Ethiopia's National Dialogue Commission (ENDC) reached the end of its fir...
Apr 25 , 2026
In a political community, official speeches show what governments want their citizens...
For much of the past three decades, Ethiopia occupied a familiar place in the Western...