Blogs&Reviews

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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Is the EU ready to truly apply the subsidiarity principle?

Roel Beetsma, George Kopits, 15 June 2020

Roel Beetsma and George Kopits argue there is a strong legal and economic case for a timely application of the subsidiarity principle in establishing a permanent EU-wide countercyclical facility.
Will COVID-19 be followed by inflation? An inter-generational transfer perspective

Lubos Pastor, 12 June 2020

Lubos Pastor suggests that the easiest way for central banks to deal with COVID-spawned debt may be tolerate above-average inflation.
The independence of the central bank at risk

Peter Bofinger, Martin Hellwig, Michael Hüther, Monika Schnitzer, Moritz Schularick, Guntram Wolff, 08 June 2020

The authors of this blog are concerned that the recent judgement of the German Federal Constitutional Court on the ECB's monetary policy undermines the constitutional basis of the independence of the central bank and its price stability mandate.
Enlightened liberalism: A reckoning

Diane Coyle, 04 June 2020

Diane Coyle suggests that "The Light that Failed: A Reckoning" by Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes offers a good diagnosis of how modern democratic liberalism has come to an end since 1989.
COVID-19 and the future of world trade

Alan Wm. Wolff, 01 June 2020

WTO Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff argues that this is the time to consider the future of the multilateral trading system

Independent report on the Greek official debt

Eichengreen, Avgouleas, Poiares Maduro, Panizza, Portes, Weder di Mauro, Wyplosz, Zettelmeyer
Rebooting the Eurozone: Step 1 – Agreeing a Crisis narrative

Baldwin, Beck, Bénassy-Quéré, Blanchard, Corsetti, De Grauwe, den Haan, Giavazzi, Gros, Kalemli-Ozcan, Micossi, Papaioannou, Pesenti, Pissarides , Tabellini, Weder di Mauro
A world without the WTO: what’s at stake?

Baldwin, Nakatomi
The economics of insurance and its borders with general finance

Thimann
Maturity mismatch stretching: Banking has taken a wrong turn

Goodhart, Perotti