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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A digital crop

Diane Coyle, 29 April 2019

In this post, Diane Coyle reviews three books looking at the digital economy.
Expert Survey on Bank Capital Requirements: Preliminary results

Gene Ambrocio, Iftekhar Hasan, Esa Jokivuolle, Kim Ristolainen, 25 April 2019

In this post researchers from the Bank of Finland reveal that academics responding to the Bank’s survey prefer a minimum of 15% of common equity in relation to banks’ total assets at all times, considerably higher than the current regulatory minimum requirement that aims to constrain bank leverage.
How technology changed work, the workplace, and contracts

Richard Baldwin, 24 April 2019

Richard Baldwin discusses how digital technology has changed the nature of work, and how and where we do it.
The destination-based cash flow tax: A negative-revenue tax?

David Laborde, William Martin, 18 April 2019

David Laborde and Will Martin identify serious problems with the proposal to combine features of a VAT and a wage subsidy, especially for countries where the direct government revenue implications are strongly negative.
Why have pundits got politics so wrong since 2015?

Simon Wren-Lewis, 16 April 2019

Simon Wren-Lewis asks why pundits failed to see how far right the Conservatives were moving under Cameron, and the subsequent rise of Corbyn in 2015 and Labour’s gains during the 2017 campaign.