--- description: Karabell is an author, investor, and commentator. His latest book is Inside Money: Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Zachary Karabell ## Zachary Karabell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Karabell is an author, investor, and commentator. His latest book is _Inside Money: Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power_. ## Zachary Karabell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Dec 19, 2023 ### [Problem with the Fed's Inflation Target](https://time.com/6548908/inflation-target-federal-reserve-essay/) As the U.S. economy sends confusing signals, it's not clear why the Federal Reserve is set on the ar... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 11, 2023 ### [The Contrarian Case for Pakistan's Upside](https://time.com/6279063/pakistans-economic-investment-potential/) Despite the chaos it now faces, Zachary Karabell on Pakistan's economic and investment potential [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 4, 2023 ### [The U.S. Government Keeps Breaking the Economic Golden Rule: Do No Harm](https://time.com/6277025/us-government-interest-rates-debt/) From the Federal Reserve raising interest rates to the debt ceiling, different parts of the U.S. gov... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 16, 2023 ### [Who Is Really to Blame for SVB and the Banking Crisis](https://time.com/6263723/blame-for-silicon-valley-bank-and-the-banking-crisis/) There is one real culprit behind the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 17, 2022 ### [There Is a Painless Way to Fix Inflation](https://time.com/6222613/painless-fix-high-inflation/) The Federal Reserve's moves to keep raising interest rates is going to lead to disaster. There is a ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 13, 2022 ### [Inflation May Already Have Peaked. Overreacting Brings Its Own Risks](https://time.com/6176658/inflation-fear-economy/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 27, 2022 ### [Billionaires Have Always Owned the Media. Musk Is No Great Threat](https://time.com/6171477/elon-musk-twitter-billionaires-media/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 24, 2022 ### [Why You Probably Don't Need to Worry About 1970s-Style Stagflation](https://time.com/6160043/ukraine-oil-1970s-stagflation/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 3, 2022 ### [How to Make Sense of the Stock Market's Turbulent Year So Far](https://time.com/6144401/stock-market-volatility-2022/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 21, 2021 ### [If the Economy Is Doing So Well, Why Does It Feel Like a Disaster?](https://time.com/6130525/economy-doing-well-why-does-it-feel-like-a-disaster/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 23, 2021 ### [Why We Should Stop Freaking Out About Inflation](https://time.com/6122867/inflation-fears/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 26, 2021 ### [The Dems Blew Their Moment by Obsessing Over Taxes](https://time.com/6110296/democrats-spending-bill-taxes/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 9, 2021 ### [China’s Didi Crackdown Isn’t All That Different From U.S. Moves Against Big Tech](https://time.com/6079121/chinas-didi-crackdown-big-tech/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 9, 2021 ### [What America's Plutocrats Can Learn From Past Generations](https://time.com/6072132/americas-plutocrats-learn-past-generations/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 8, 2021 ### [Is the Stock Market in a Bubble?](https://time.com/5944831/stock-market-bubble-analysis/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/zachary-karabell/","name":"Zachary Karabell"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/zachary-karabell/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/zachary-karabell/"},"name":"Zachary Karabell","jobTitle":null,"description":"Karabell is an author, investor, and commentator. His latest book is Inside Money: Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power.","url":"https://time.com/author/zachary-karabell/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```