Blogs&Reviews

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?

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Trump's mini-trade war with India

Chad Bown, 22 July 2019

Successive US administrations have tried to pry open India's markets by offering trade concessions to get it to play by the multilateral rules. But as Chad Bown describes, President Trump is now reversing course.
Is Brexit a culture war or a class war?

Simon Wren-Lewis, 11 July 2019

Simon Wren-Lewis argues that the conceptualisation of Brexit as essentially a culture war and not a class war is powerful and contains a lot of truth, but it leaves some puzzles unresolved.
The EU-Mercosur trade accord sends a signal to the world’s protectionists

Anabel González, 05 July 2019

Anabel González describes how the agreement between the EU and Mercosur to lower trade barriers is an important accomplishment for both parties
The technology trap

Diane Coyle, 03 July 2019

Diane Coyle reviews Carl Frey's "The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor and Power in the Age of Automation", which has a rather pessimistic outlook on future prospects for work and incomes.
Harnessing technology for more robust and inclusive growth: An agenda for change

Zia Qureshi, 27 June 2019

Zia Qureshi introduces a new report which argues that the slowdown in productivity growth and the rise in income inequality are linked by common causes and call for common solutions.