Blogs&Reviews

USTR Lighthizer and US trade policy: Right goals, wrong strategy
Joshua P. Meltzer, 26 June 2020

Joshua Meltzer argues that the Trump administration has failed to provide a coherent vision for maintaining and expanding US competitiveness in the 21st century, including through its trade policy.
Is the EU ready to truly apply the subsidiarity principle?
Roel Beetsma, George Kopits, 15 June 2020

Roel Beetsma and George Koptis 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.

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As the Coronavirus spreads, can the EU afford to close its borders?

Raffaella Meninno, Guntram Wolff, 28 February 2020

Raffaella Meninno and Guntram Wolff argue that closing the EU's borders to contain the spread of Coronavirus would cause serious economic disruption
Reversing the retreat of democracy: The case of Iceland

Thorvaldur Gylfason, 19 February 2020

Thorvaldur Gylfason discusses the decay of social capital in Iceland
US-Kenya trade negotiations: A chance to get it right

Anabel González, 15 February 2020

Anabel González discusses the recently announced negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement between the United States and Kenya, which would be the United States’ first such accord with a sub-Saharan country
The European Commission budget: Old show with new twists

Charles Wyplosz, 14 February 2020

Charles Wyplosz worries that the new European Commission five-year budget will offer no more than variations around the status quo
Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs are cascading out of control

Chad Bown, 07 February 2020

Chad Bown explains why the 'cascading protection' of the Trump administration's move to impose tariffs on even more steel and aluminium products is worrying.