Blogs&Reviews

The double irony of the new UK-EU trade relationship
André Sapir, 14 January 2021

The Trade and Cooperation Agreement signed between the European Union and the United Kingdom goes against six decades of UK efforts to avoid being economically disadvantaged in Europe. Tracking the evolution of the EU-UK relationship over the last 60 years can help in understanding this.
Self-fulfilling prophecies, quasi-non-ergodicity and wealth inequality
Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Roger Farmer, 13 January 2021

Jean-Philippe Bouchaud and Roger Farmer argue that the vast inequalities we see in the world distribution of wealth are deeply connected to a somewhat esoteric concept from the theory of stochastic processes.
Covid and international economic cooperation: If not now, then when?
Richard Baldwin, 11 January 2021

Richard Baldwin hopes that the Covid-19 pandemic will foster a spirit of global solidarity and cohesion, a sense of shared humanity and common imperative.
Why the anti-appers?
Michael Kende, 04 December 2020

Michael Kende argues that the lack of digital trust in contact tracing apps which could help control the pandemic, save lives, and normalise our societies is a major wake-up call.

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The internal contradictions of macro-monetary policy

Charles Goodhart, Geoffrey Wood, 24 January 2020

Charles Goodhart and Geoffrey Wood ask whether mainstream monetary economics has lost its bearings.
Understanding the role of DFIs in development: Introducing the DFI Dashboard

Clemence Landers, Jocilyn Estes, 22 January 2020

Clemence Landers introduces CGD's new DFI Dashboard, an interactive tool for comparing the lending practices and policy frameworks various development finance institutions.
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.

Independent report on the Greek official debt

Eichengreen, Avgouleas, Poiares Maduro, Panizza, Portes, Weder di Mauro, Wyplosz, Zettelmeyer
Rebooting the Eurozone: Step 1 – Agreeing a Crisis narrative

Baldwin, Beck, Bénassy-Quéré, Blanchard, Corsetti, De Grauwe, den Haan, Giavazzi, Gros, Kalemli-Ozcan, Micossi, Papaioannou, Pesenti, Pissarides , Tabellini, Weder di Mauro
A world without the WTO: what’s at stake?

Baldwin, Nakatomi
The economics of insurance and its borders with general finance

Thimann
Maturity mismatch stretching: Banking has taken a wrong turn

Goodhart, Perotti