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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.
Landmark court decision limits presidential trade restrictions
Steve Charnovitz, Gary Hufbauer, 28 July 2020

The U.S. Court of International Trade’s landmark decision voiding President Trump's tariffs on steel from Turkey opens the door to future challenges of US trade actions based on equal protection grounds
A Hamiltonian glimpse in Europe
Thorsten Beck, 27 July 2020

Thorsten Beck believes that while the compromise reached on the European recovery support will not be enough to overcome the COVID-19 challenges in the EU, it is an important first step.

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Act now to save the WTO

Ernesto Zedillo, 09 December 2019

The US threatens the WTO by blocking appointments to its Appellate Body for settling disputes, but as Ernesto Zedillo explains, other WTO members could override the veto
How the ‘Facebook cooperative’ could point the way for the network economy

Hans-Jörg Naumer, 30 November 2019

Hans-Jörg Naumer makes the case for data cooperatives that would allow the providers of data, i.e. the users, to own shares in the platforms they use.
Is globalisation doomed?

Pascal Lamy, 27 November 2019

Pascal Lamy argues that the future of globalisation depends on our capacity to direct the dominant economic system – capitalism – towards a different course
Configuring the lumpy economy

Diane Coyle, 21 November 2019

Diane Coyle reviews a new book by Lee Anne Fennell which looks at the implications of the reality that economic resources are lumpy and variably sliceable
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.

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