Blogs&Reviews

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
Limiting the economic fallout of the coronavirus with large targeted policies
Gita Gopinath, 12 March 2020

Gita Gopinath argues that substantial targeted policies are needed to support the economy through the COVID-19 epidemic

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The internal contradictions of macro-monetary policy

Charles Goodhart, Geoffrey Wood, 24 January 2020

Charles Goodhart and Geoffrey Wood ask whether mainstream monetary economics has lost its bearings.
Understanding the role of DFIs in development: Introducing the DFI Dashboard

Clemence Landers, Jocilyn Estes, 22 January 2020

Clemence Landers introduces CGD's new DFI Dashboard, an interactive tool for comparing the lending practices and policy frameworks various development finance institutions.
And the dollar reigns supreme

Charles Wyplosz, 20 January 2020

Charles Wyplosz discusses why dreams of alternatives to the dollar as a international currency are likely to remain just dreams for many years to come.
Not-so-free markets

Diane Coyle, 13 January 2020

Diane Coyle reviews Thomas Philippon’s "The Great Reversal", an accessible synthesis of his research into the empirics of US finance and competition.
Zombification is a real, not a monetary phenomenon: Exorcising the bogeyman of low interest rates

Ulrich Bindseil, Jürgen Schaaf, 10 January 2020

Ulrich Bindseil and Jürgen Schaaf argue that the best weapon to exorcise the evil of zombie businesses is stronger economic growth, not monetary policy.