"Compared to other regions of the world, the Middle East was once unique in its combination of authoritarianism and stultifying stability: No longer. Beginning in Tunisia, a wave of political upheaval has rolled across the region, reaching Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, and other countries caught...

Implications of low productivity growth for debt sustainability / by Neil Mehrotra -- Slow productivity growth will pressure sovereign debt sustainability / by Elena Duggar -- Implications for tax policy of lower trend productivity growth / by Karen Dynan -- The effects of low productivity...