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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The people’s will

Thomas Maissen, Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden, 21 June 2019

Thomas Maissen and Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden discuss why it is difficult to understand why the UK's referendum on EU membership must be understood as binding parliament today.
Olivier in Wonderland

Charles Wyplosz, 17 June 2019

The AEA presidential lecture by Olivier Blanchard has become an instant success. In this blog, Charles Wyplosz flags some caveats to bear in mind when interpreting his lecture.
Brexit: What’s next?

Pascal Lamy, 14 June 2019

In this blog based on a speech at the House of Commons in April 2019, Pascal Lamy argues that there has been a fundamental misunderstanding in the UK of the political and economic trade-off that Brexit implies.
Fiscal policy is no free lunch: Lessons from the Swedish fiscal framework for fiscal targeting

Fredrik Andersson, Lars Jonung, 05 June 2019

Fredrik NG Andersson and Lars Jonung argue that the current push for fiscal activism is short-sighted. Instead, the Swedish case from the last 25 years shows that stable public finances combined with supply-side policies is the recipe for economic stability and growth.
How serious politics must counter populism

Clemens Fuest, 04 June 2019

Clemens Fuest argues that moderate politicians should compete with populists by offering realistic perspectives, with Emmanuel Macron serving as a role model in this regard.