For better and often for worse, the U.S.-led IMF and World Bank have dominated the post–World War II international economy. Project 2025 and the Trump administration could change that.

This year’s annual spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank began with quiet fears that US President Donald Trump’s ...

As the US revives protectionist policies reminiscent of the 1930s, the global monetary system faces its greatest stress test since Bretton Woods. Can the world avoid repeating the mistakes that ...

Secretary Bessent is urging the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to “reconnect” with “their founding missions” and “restore order to the international system” forged by the Bretton Woods ...

A historic look at how we went from the Bretton Woods system of gold-backed USD to the QE Infinity of today. QE infinity. Corporate bailouts. Nudgin UBI. The incredible economic phenomena going on ...

In recent years, there has been broad global financial stability and modest adaptations to the influence of emerging actors in the Bretton Woods system, but concerns remain about the system’s ...