Daniel Altman

Daniel Altman is the author of the High Yield Economics newsletter and a former FP senior editor.

Articles by Daniel Altman

British pounds, American dollars, and euro notes are in a pile together.

The Mother of All Currency Crises Is on the Horizon

Argument

August 6, 2025, 7:19 AM

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about taxes at the St. Charles, Missouri, Convention Center on Nov. 29.
(Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images) — U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about taxes at the St. Charles, Missouri, Convention Center on Nov. 29. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)

This Is How Every Genocide Begins

Argument

November 30, 2017, 2:44 PM

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If Anyone Can Bankrupt the United States, Trump Can

Argument

November 15, 2016, 11:27 AM

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What Enrique Peña Nieto Should Tell Donald Trump

Voice

August 31, 2016, 2:13 PM

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David Cameron’s Austerity Bomb Finally Went Off

Voice

June 24, 2016, 6:01 PM

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Economics Has Failed America

Voice

May 19, 2016, 5:12 PM

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Confessions of a Chronic Economist

Voice

October 30, 2015, 6:10 AM

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The Perverse Game Theory of Argentina’s Messed-Up Election

Voice

October 23, 2015, 4:02 PM

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Who’s Going to Win the Nobel Prize in Economics?

Voice

October 9, 2015, 3:53 PM

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What Would It Take to Start a U.S. Recession?

Voice

October 7, 2015, 11:02 AM

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Pope Francis Is a Great Economist

Voice

September 25, 2015, 12:53 PM

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We Should All Be Competing to Take In Refugees

Voice

September 8, 2015, 4:07 PM

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China’s Crisis Could Get a Lot Worse, Quickly

Voice

September 1, 2015, 2:36 PM

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Shadow Banking Is Killing China’s Stock Markets

Interview

August 26, 2015, 6:30 PM

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We’d Better Hope This Is the Bubble Bursting

Voice

August 25, 2015, 6:23 PM

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