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Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue: A review
Shafik Hebous, 07 April 2021

Shafik Hebous admires how Michael Keen and Joel Slemrod draw out common threads of tax principles and practice that have underlain tax systems for thousands of years to show us why polices were chosen, and why they failed or prevailed.
Democracy in Iceland
Thorvaldur Gylfason, 31 March 2021

Thorvaldur Gylfason argues that unless Iceland's Parliament confronts the country's oligarchs and respects the will of the people by ratifying the new constitution designed to reverse the retreat of age-old democracy, it risks becoming a failed state.
Government spending: Less may be more!
Roel Beetsma, Ludger Schuknecht, 25 March 2021

Roel Beetsma and Ludger Schuknecht argue that governments could and should deliver more for their citizens’ money.
Twitter is free to ban users
Jan Bouwens, 22 February 2021

Jan Bouwens discusses the decision by Twitter and other social media platforms to ban President Trump and members of his campaign, and the objections to the bans raised by politicians.

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The coronavirus and financial stability

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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
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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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Jagjit Chadha, 09 March 2020

Jagjit Chadha argues that the sterile UK economic policy debate on whether an arbitrary fiscal rule will be met must be replaced by active fiscal policies that meet social and economic objectives
Designing an effective US policy response to coronavirus

David Wilcox, 05 March 2020

David Wilcox argues that a smart and rapid policy response to both the public health crisis and the likely economic slump in the US as a result of coronavirus is urgently needed

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