Blogs&Reviews

Some unwanted consequences of a digital euro
Ignazio Angeloni, 01 December 2020

Ignazio Angeloni argues that the ECB should think twice before deciding to issue a digital euro.
Next Generation EU: Europe needs pan-European investment
Roel Beetsma, Lorenzo Codogno, Paul van den Noord, 09 November 2020

Next Generation EU should not turn out to be a missed opportunity to initiate and fund genuine pan-European infrastructure projects with a high impact on potential growth. Roel Beetsma, Lorenzo Codogno and Paul van den Noord argue that the subsidiarity principle calls for such a pan-EU initiative.
Why is COVID-19 incidence in authoritarian China so much lower than in the democratic US: Effectiveness of collective action or Chinese cover-up?
Alex Cukierman, 26 October 2020

Two-thirds of the discrepancy in Covid-19 cases and deaths in the US and China may reflect the advantage of the Chinese authoritarian regime in mobilising public collective action as well as the public minimisation of the health hazards by President Trump.
The joy of statistics
Diane Coyle, 07 October 2020

Diane Coyle reviews two books with the mission of imparting critical thinking about statistics to their readers.

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Ode to muddling through

László Andor, 10 September 2020

László Andor reviews a memoir by Olli Rehn, his former colleague at the Commission and a central figure in the response to the euro crisis of 2010-14.
Undoing the flight to quality: A multilateral countercyclical liquidity fund

Eduardo Levy Yeyati, 06 August 2020

Eduardo Levy Yeyati argues that a countercyclical liquidity fund could complete the financial architecture not only by providing much needed lending of last resort during systemic crises, but also as a way to attract less unstable private capital to emerging economies.
Landmark court decision limits presidential trade restrictions

Steve Charnovitz, Gary Hufbauer, 28 July 2020

The U.S. Court of International Trade’s landmark decision voiding President Trump's tariffs on steel from Turkey opens the door to future challenges of US trade actions based on equal protection grounds
A Hamiltonian glimpse in Europe

Thorsten Beck, 27 July 2020

Thorsten Beck believes that while the compromise reached on the European recovery support will not be enough to overcome the COVID-19 challenges in the EU, it is an important first step.
USTR Lighthizer and US trade policy: Right goals, wrong strategy

Joshua P. Meltzer, 26 June 2020

Joshua Meltzer argues that the Trump administration has failed to provide a coherent vision for maintaining and expanding US competitiveness in the 21st century, including through its trade policy.