Blogs&Reviews

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.
The October truce on US-China trade failed to address subsidies
Chad Bown, Jennifer Hillman, 04 November 2019

Chad Bown and Jennifer Hillman argue that reversing the Trump administration’s go-it-alone, tariffs-only strategy and adopting a new approach on subsidies is the only way to resolve the trade conflict with China.
Sense and nonsense in the public discussion of the future of work
Richard Baldwin, 01 November 2019

Richard Baldwin discusses how globalisation and automation are about to get personal for hundreds of millions of North Americans and Europeans who don’t work in factories

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Why the CPTPP could be the answer to the US-China trade war

Peter Petri, Michael Plummer, 30 October 2019

China’s joining the CPTPP could ease tensions with the US, accelerate growth, diversify markets, and modernise the country. Peter Petri and Michael Plummer ask what’s not to like?
Randomistas rule

Thorsten Beck, 25 October 2019

Thorsten Beck offers his thoughts on randomised control trials
A bit of democracy for the tech giants: Two ideas

Hans Gersbach, 18 October 2019

Hans Gersbach suggests society could deal with the self-strengthening tech giants by democratising them through giving users a say in their decisions.
Growth and civilisation

Diane Coyle, 14 October 2019

Diane Coyle's mind boggles at the level of detail in Vaclav Smil's "Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities", covering the growth dynamics of archaea and bacteria all the way to empires.
Brexit and legal traditions

Thorsten Beck, 11 October 2019

Thorsten Beck advises analysts who claim that the UK Supreme Court's decision that the prorogation of Parliament was unlawfaul represents a constitutional coup should read up on British constitutional history.