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Twitter is free to ban users
Jan Bouwens, 22 February 2021

Jan Bouwens discusses the decision by Twitter and other social media platforms to ban President Trump and members of his campaign, and the objections to the bans raised by politicians.
Fiscal policy and international cooperation in a Covid world
Vitor Gaspar, Felipe Larraín Bascuñán, 15 February 2021

Vitor Gaspar and Felipe Larrain argue that COVID-19 is a pandemic that can only be controlled globally with the international community acting together, and identify four main key policy priorities going forward.
Export controls on COVID-19 vaccines: Has the EU opened Pandora’s Box?
Simon Evenett, 11 February 2021

Will the EU's trading partners be reassured by the new export regime on COVID-19 vaccines? If not, what could they do about it? And, could this spiral out of control? Simon Evenett outlines five scenarios going forward.
Tax policy for the post-Covid era
Rabah Arezki, Grégoire Rota-Graziosi, 03 February 2021

Rabah Arezki and Grégoire Rota-Graziosi explore what the legacy of Covid-19 will be for our tax systems and several dimensions for the required rethinking

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The post-COVID-19 recovery: What challenges and roadmap for the banking industry?

Jordi Gual, 27 January 2021

Jordi Gual discusses the regulatory response to the Covid-19 crisis and the impending challenge of how to handle the impact on the quality of banks’ balance sheets
The double irony of the new UK-EU trade relationship

André Sapir, 14 January 2021

The Trade and Cooperation Agreement signed between the European Union and the United Kingdom goes against six decades of UK efforts to avoid being economically disadvantaged in Europe. Tracking the evolution of the EU-UK relationship over the last 60 years can help in understanding this.
Self-fulfilling prophecies, quasi-non-ergodicity and wealth inequality

Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Roger Farmer, 13 January 2021

Jean-Philippe Bouchaud and Roger Farmer argue that the vast inequalities we see in the world distribution of wealth are deeply connected to a somewhat esoteric concept from the theory of stochastic processes.
Covid and international economic cooperation: If not now, then when?

Richard Baldwin, 11 January 2021

Richard Baldwin hopes that the Covid-19 pandemic will foster a spirit of global solidarity and cohesion, a sense of shared humanity and common imperative.
Why the anti-appers?

Michael Kende, 04 December 2020

Michael Kende argues that the lack of digital trust in contact tracing apps which could help control the pandemic, save lives, and normalise our societies is a major wake-up call.

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