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Latin America’s inflation lessons for the G7

Region’s central banks were quick off the mark to act after recent experience in tackling rising prices

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A collective will to tackle global challenges needs more tools

IMF meetings yet to align better awareness of major economic problems with the scale of action required

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Economists must get more in touch with our feelings

Feelings matter. That is obvious enough. Less obvious is what social scientists and policy wonks should do about it. I’ve written many times about efforts to measure happiness, but such efforts have delivered insights that sometimes seem underwhelming. It

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‘A self-inflicted lockdown’: the cost of living crisis puts lives on hold

Hundreds of FT readers around the world responded to our callout and revealed what sacrifices they’re making to cope with a squeeze on incomes

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