Blogs&Reviews

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.
My wish list
Charles Wyplosz, 09 January 2020

Charles Wyplosz lists ten things he would like to see happen in 2020.
The UK’s “other” big experiment: Regulating online platforms?
Cristina Caffarra, 06 January 2020

Cristina Caffarra interprets the new report from the UK's Competition & Markets Authority which articulates – for the first time anywhere – what the regulation of Google and Facebook might actually look like.

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The social and geopolitical origins of China’s rise

Branko Milanovic, 28 May 2019

Branko Milanovic reviews Ho-fung Hung's "The China Boom: Why China Will Not Rule the World".
Stereotypes and (in)justice

Diane Coyle, 21 May 2019

Diane Coyle finds "Shadows of Doubt: Stereotypes, Crime & the Pursuit of Justice" by Brendan O’Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi a fantastic but sobering book.
Views on the minimum wage show economics to be an inexact science

Simon Wren-Lewis, 10 May 2019

Economics is often accused of not being a science. Simon Wren-Lewis argeus that a good test case to see if that is true is the minimum wage.
The German debt brake needs a reform

Michael Hüther, Jens Südekum, 06 May 2019

As the German debt brakes celebrates its 10th anniversary, Michael Hüther and Jens Südekum argue that it has become a burden for the German economy, which badly needs investment in education and infrastructure.
Will a US-China trade deal remove or just restructure the massive 2018 tariffs?

Chad Bown, Eva (Yiwen) Zhang, 01 May 2019

The US and China are now negotiating how to resolve President Donald Trump’s trade war. Chad Bown and Eva Zhang ask what will happen to all of those 2018 tariffs.