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Act now to save the WTO
Ernesto Zedillo, 09 December 2019

The US threatens the WTO by blocking appointments to its Appellate Body for settling disputes, but as Ernesto Zedillo explains, other WTO members could override the veto
How the ‘Facebook cooperative’ could point the way for the network economy
Hans-Jörg Naumer, 30 November 2019

Hans-Jörg Naumer makes the case for data cooperatives that would allow the providers of data, i.e. the users, to own shares in the platforms they use.
Is globalisation doomed?
Pascal Lamy, 27 November 2019

Pascal Lamy argues that the future of globalisation depends on our capacity to direct the dominant economic system – capitalism – towards a different course
Configuring the lumpy economy
Diane Coyle, 21 November 2019

Diane Coyle reviews a new book by Lee Anne Fennell which looks at the implications of the reality that economic resources are lumpy and variably sliceable

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Creating zombies and disinflation: A cul de sac for accommodative monetary policy

Viral Acharya, 11 November 2019

Viral Acharya describes how ultra-accommodative monetary policy might have worked against its own objectives of restoring inflation and growth.
The October truce on US-China trade failed to address subsidies

Chad Bown, Jennifer Hillman, 04 November 2019

Chad Bown and Jennifer Hillman argue that reversing the Trump administration’s go-it-alone, tariffs-only strategy and adopting a new approach on subsidies is the only way to resolve the trade conflict with China.
Sense and nonsense in the public discussion of the future of work

Richard Baldwin, 01 November 2019

Richard Baldwin discusses how globalisation and automation are about to get personal for hundreds of millions of North Americans and Europeans who don’t work in factories
Why the CPTPP could be the answer to the US-China trade war

Peter Petri, Michael Plummer, 30 October 2019

China’s joining the CPTPP could ease tensions with the US, accelerate growth, diversify markets, and modernise the country. Peter Petri and Michael Plummer ask what’s not to like?
Randomistas rule

Thorsten Beck, 25 October 2019

Thorsten Beck offers his thoughts on randomised control trials

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