Blogs&Reviews

A New Era for Europe
Carlo Carraro, Benoît Cœuré, Otilia Dhand, Barry Eichengreen, Melinda Mills, Hélène Rey, André Sapir, Daniela Schwarzer, 01 March 2022

A new report summarises the findings of the High-Level Group on post-COVID Economic and Social Challenges and makes recommendations to help secure the best outcome for the EU
Trade policy and deterring war: The case of Ukraine since the annexation of Crimea
Simon Evenett, 21 February 2022

Simon Evenett presents evidence that casts doubt on the extent to which EU, UK, and US commercial policies have supported Ukrainian export growth since the annexation of Crimea in 2014
Linking climate and social justice makes both harder
Don Fullerton, Arik Levinson, 15 February 2022

Don Fullerton and Arik Levinson argue that the current fashion of combining laudable goals like slowing climate change and correcting social inequalities can make each goal more difficult to achieve.
The effects of the ECB’s new inflation target on private households’ inflation expectations
Mathias Hoffmann, Emanuel Moench, Lora Pavlova, Guido Schultefrankenfeld, 20 December 2021

New survey results from the Bundesbank Online Panel Households (BOP-HH) show that the ECB's new inflation target is associated with moderately higher inflation expectations for the next two to three years.

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What does it mean to live in this 'Second Gilded Age'?

Bradford DeLong, 10 October 2019

Brad DeLong asks whether a society where some 30 million workers are essentially paid, directly or indirectly, by the top 0.1% can be a healthy one.
Going to extremes

Diane Coyle, 07 October 2019

Diane Coyle believes that Richard Davies' book, Extreme Economies, will encourage students to appreciate that economics is not only important but also exciting.
On German euro-populism

Thorsten Beck, 04 October 2019

Thosten Beck is concerned about the long-term damage the media campaign against the ECB and other euro area institutions may cause to Germans’ relationship with Europe and the euro.
Migration 1870-1925 and international economic inequality

Bradford DeLong, 10 September 2019

An outtake from Brad DeLong's "Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Long Twentieth Century 1870-2016"
The crisis in world trade

Sait Akman, Shiro Armstrong, Carlos Primo Braga, Uri Dadush, Anabel González, Fukunari Kimura, Junji Nakagawa, Peter Rashish, Akihiko Tamura, 04 September 2019

A T20 Task Force on Trade, Investment and Globalization policy brief argues that the world trading system has been remarkably successful in many respects but that the present strain reflects causes which are deep-seated and require a strategic response.