I am in Rio this week with 16 of our MBAs and alumni on this year’s study mission to Brazil. I worried that everything would be [...]

Seen by many as a major contributor to the 1930s Great Depression, competitive currency devaluations have long been vi­ewed in a poor light. Recently, these worries [...]

The turn of every calendar year witnesses a spate of reviews by pundits in the media. For a columist these reviews are an attractive vehicle, ideally [...]

It has finally happened. After holding out for nearly 5 years since the global economic crisis began, some of the world’s largest banks are paring back [...]

A lot gets crammed into an ambitious, comprehensive one year MBA programme. Still, from time to time it’s important to step out of the routine, apply [...]

Criticism is mounting on both sides of the Atlantic that by pumping money into their economies central bankers are effectively discouraging politicians from undertaking painful structural [...]

Remember when central bankers—like Alan Greenspan—were lionised for their role in sustaining the pre-crisis economic boom, when their advice was sought by prime ministers and presidents [...]

Next Monday we will welcome another cohort of MBAs to St. Gallen. I am keen to meet these MBAs who have passed through the many filters [...]

Last week a common thread emerged from several disconnected events. With all that is going on in the world at the moment—growth slowdowns in major emerging [...]

For much of the past two years the spotlight has been on Europe’s economic woes. In recent months concerns about slowing economic growth in India and [...]