Blogs&Reviews

Quantitative tightening: Protecting monetary policy from fiscal encroachment
William A. Allen, Jagjit Chadha, Philip Turner, 23 October 2021

William Allen, Jagjit Chadha and Philip Turner propose reform for both sides of the central bank balance sheet in a manner that will prepare the ground for the contraction of quantitative easing and which does not expose the central bank to excessive risk
What are we regulating for?
Cristina Caffarra, 03 September 2021

Cristina Caffarra discusses why current proposals for digital platform regulation are not going to get us far.
The antitrust orthodoxy is blind to real data harms
Cristina Caffarra, Gregory Crawford, Johnny Ryan, 22 April 2021

Cristina Caffarra, Gregory Crawford and Johnny Ryan make the case that (lack of) privacy is an (often unobservable) price of using digital platforms, and that (lack of) privacy facilitates mainstream antitrust harms such as exploitation and foreclosure by dominant digital platforms.
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.

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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.
Fiscal policy and international cooperation in a Covid world

Vitor Gaspar, Felipe Larraín Bascuñán, 15 February 2021

Vitor Gaspar and Felipe Larrain argue that COVID-19 is a pandemic that can only be controlled globally with the international community acting together, and identify four main key policy priorities going forward.
Export controls on COVID-19 vaccines: Has the EU opened Pandora’s Box?

Simon Evenett, 11 February 2021

Will the EU's trading partners be reassured by the new export regime on COVID-19 vaccines? If not, what could they do about it? And, could this spiral out of control? Simon Evenett outlines five scenarios going forward.