via Hoover Daily Report
A top-down model of governance in Russia hinders innovation, prosperity, and freedom in a country already facing brain drain and an aging population, experts said at a recent Hoover event. On Wednesday, the Hoover Institution kicked off the Governance in an Emerging New World project led by Senior Fellow George P. Shultz. Through discussions and research papers, the effort will explore some of humanity’s most challenging issues over the course of the 2018–19 academic year.
Sadanand Dhume | The Wall Street Journal
Gita Gopinath’s appointment as chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) makes clear that Western economic expertise is more welcome today in the IMF than in the Indian government.