Blogs&Reviews

Why is COVID-19 incidence in authoritarian China so much lower than in the democratic US: Effectiveness of collective action or Chinese cover-up?
Alex Cukierman, 26 October 2020

Two-thirds of the discrepancy in Covid-19 cases and deaths in the US and China may reflect the advantage of the Chinese authoritarian regime in mobilising public collective action as well as the public minimisation of the health hazards by President Trump.
The joy of statistics
Diane Coyle, 07 October 2020

Diane Coyle reviews two books with the mission of imparting critical thinking about statistics to their readers.
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.

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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.
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.