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Ode to muddling through
László Andor, 10 September 2020

László Andor reviews a memoir by Olli Rehn, his former colleague at the Commission and a central figure in the response to the euro crisis of 2010-14.
Undoing the flight to quality: A multilateral countercyclical liquidity fund
Eduardo Levy Yeyati, 06 August 2020

Eduardo Levy Yeyati argues that a countercyclical liquidity fund could complete the financial architecture not only by providing much needed lending of last resort during systemic crises, but also as a way to attract less unstable private capital to emerging economies.
Landmark court decision limits presidential trade restrictions
Steve Charnovitz, Gary Hufbauer, 28 July 2020

The U.S. Court of International Trade’s landmark decision voiding President Trump's tariffs on steel from Turkey opens the door to future challenges of US trade actions based on equal protection grounds
A Hamiltonian glimpse in Europe
Thorsten Beck, 27 July 2020

Thorsten Beck believes that while the compromise reached on the European recovery support will not be enough to overcome the COVID-19 challenges in the EU, it is an important first step.

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Is the European Union failing the viability tests?

Andreas Georgiou, 23 April 2020

Andreas Georgiou argues that the response to the Covid-19 pandemic is the latest example of the failure of the EU to deliver one of the most the most basic raisons d’ être of a union of states, namely, the effective provision of union-level public goods.
Too closed for comfort

Thorvaldur Gylfason, Arne Jon Isachsen, 22 April 2020

Thorvaldur Gylfason and Arne Jon Isachsen ask why some countries have suffered more severe outbreaks of Covid-19 than others.
Yes, medical gear depends on global supply chains. Here's how to keep them moving

Anabel González, 01 April 2020

Anabel González makes the case for a compact to encourage global production and distribution of medical supplies.
The coronavirus and financial stability

Arnoud Boot, Elena Carletti, Rainer Haselmann, Hans‐Helmut Kotz, Jan Pieter Krahnen, Loriana Pelizzon, Stephen Schaefer, Marti Subrahmanyam, 24 March 2020

The virus epidemic carries the risk of a financial pandemic which may even spiral into a global phenomenon, strenghtening the case for some form of a joint and mutual insurance scheme
Trump's trade policy is hampering the US fight against COVID-19

Chad Bown, 16 March 2020

Chad Bown argues that President Trump's administration should permanently and comprehensively suspend the trade war tariffs on critical medical products from China

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