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El-Erian: Clear messages from EU voters, but no easy way forward
This year's elections for the European Parliament have sent very loud messages to the European Union's politicians. And nowhere will this be clearer than in the U.K., where the two...

El-Erian: This could be Bitcoin’s moment of truth
After bitcoin's value fell by more than a third in just a few days last week, and as exchanges struggle to cope with all the investor activity, the market finds...

El-Erian: Jerome Powell brings continuity and experience to the Federal Reserve
President Donald Trump's choice of Jerome Powell to lead the Federal Reserve is a very wise decision that will be welcomed by markets.

El-Erian: The game theory of overbooking flights
What does game theory tell us about how Delta's new incentives for "voluntary denied boarding?" Could passengers rig the system against the airline?

El-Erian: What Donald Trump and Paul Ryan can learn from Nelson Mandela
South Africa's Nelson Mandela is, in my opinion, the best modern example of a leader who understood the hardest complexities of the transition from opposition to governing.

El-Erian: Lessons from an economist’s anxious holiday shopping
By Mohamed El-Erian, Bloomberg View Phew. Somehow, I survived the uncertainty and anxiety of what economists like me often regard as an inefficient tradition: spending hours looking for the right...

El-Erian: Five things to watch for in Fed meeting
The Dec. 14 announcement by the Federal Open Market Committee will be of particular interest. Here are five things to watch. for.

El-Erian: How social media helped defeat Turkish coup
The attempted coup d'etat by a faction of Turkey's armed forces on Friday failed for many reasons, including divisions among the military and repeated missteps by the plotters.