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Acting Man
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In The Long Run We Are All Alive
Prophet of Doom In 1976, economist Herbert Stein, father of Ben Stein, the economics professor in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, observed that U.S. government debt was on an unsustainable trajectory. He, thus, established Stein’s Law: “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” Herbert Stein, looking worried about the budget deficit. [PT] Stein may have been right in theory. Yet the unsustainable trend of U.S. government debt...
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Central Planners At Work
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Warren Buffett Shorts The Economy
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What You Will Find When You Follow the Money
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The Dollar Is Dying
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Silver Explodes — But Why? Precious Metals Supply and Demand
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Silver “Scarcifies” – Precious Metals Supply and Demand
Antonio Fatas
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COVID-Economics Links (May 13)
Modern health crises: Recession and recovery - Chang Ma, John Rogers, Sili Zhou (VoxEU.org) The EU response to the coronavirus crisis: How to get more bang for the buck - Massimo Bordignon, Guido Tabellini (VoxEU.org) Pandemic Recession: L or V-Shaped? - Victoria Gregory, Guido Menzio, David G. Wiczer (NBER WP) COVID-19 and the Welfare Effects of Reducing Contagion - Robert S. Pindyck (NBER WP) How to pay for the (pandemic) war - Francesco...
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COVID-Economics Links (May 12)
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COVID-Economics Links (May 11)
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COVID-Economics Links (May 10)
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COVID-Economics Links (May 9)
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COVID-Economics Links (May 8)
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COVID-Economics Links (May 7)
Bruegel Think Thank
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Europe’s recovery gamble
Next Generation EU, was rightly hailed as a major breakthrough: never before had the EU borrowed to finance expenditures, let alone transfers to member states. But the programme and its Recovery and Resilience Facility amount to a high-risk gamble. By: Jean Pisani-Ferry Date: September 25, 2020 Topic: Finance & Financial Regulation This opinion post was originally published in Project Syndicate. To help their pandemic-hit...
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Will European Union countries be able to absorb and spend well the bloc’s recovery funding?
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Global Energy Fundamentals
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How Can the European Parliament Better Oversee the European Central Bank?
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Why has COVID-19 hit different European Union economies so differently?
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Redefining European Union green bonds: from greening projects to greening policies
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Emerging Europe and the capital markets union
Centre for European Reforms
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Time for a regime change in Frankfurt
In recent years, the European Central Bank’s (ECB) monetary policy has been half of what is necessary, two years late. To get eurozone inflation back to its ‘close to 2 per cent’ target, the ECB needs to be much bolder. The ECB’s meeting on March 10th is shaping up to be one of its most anticipated. Inflation remains far below target and market expectations of future inflation have hardened at very low levels, indicating that investors have...
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The refugee crisis: Fixing Schengen is not enough
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Deal done: Now for the hard work
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Would an ‘independent’ Britain want to join the single market?
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China’s European charm offensive: Silk Road or Silk Rope?
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Merkel after Paris
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Terrorism in Paris: Aux armes, citoyens?
Chris Dillow: Stumbling and Mumbling
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Blaming the voters
In the Times, Matthew Parris wrote: "this Prime Minister is ultimately our [the electorate's] fault." I tweeted that this was absolutely right, but got a little pushback. I should therefore elaborate. What I and Matthew meant was that Johnson is not doing anything unexpected. He is merely living down to what everybody knew about him. As Matthew wrote: There was never any reason for confidence in Boris Johnson’s diligence, his...
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Conceptions of politics
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The Hayek question
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On press freedom
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On Marxist Tories
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Clarity – who needs it?
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Tories against Thatcher
Craig Willy
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The Romanian Palimpsest
The foreigner in Romania is immediately struck by the country’s hybrid culture. This is obvious from the first words one learns to garble: piața (very close pronunciation to Italian’s piazza), mersi (from the French merci, though the “r” is a little more rolled), da (yes…), or even bacşiş (baksheesh). We then have a mysterious mélange of Western and Eastern Europe, the Romanian roots are decidedly mixed. Like in any country, the stages of...
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Krugman Vindicated?: Eurozone Debt Apparently Falling
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ECB’s Cœuré Calls on Politicians to Hurry Up and Build the Eurozone Superstate and Federal Budget
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Why is so much official EU art ugly?
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Draghi: EU is “most advanced experiment” in transnational government
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Eurostat: Women Outnumber Men 2-to-1 in Teaching Across Europe (But Still Under-Represented in Universities)
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Why is free Kosovo providing highest number of “asylum-seekers” to the EU?
David Smith’s EconomicsUK
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A question of confidence as we face a long six months
A question of confidence as we face a long six months Posted by David Smith at 09:00 AMCategory: David Smith's other articles My regular column is available to subscribers on www.thesundaytimes.co.uk This is an excerpt. Weeks like the one just gone do not come along too often. For economy watchers, the cancellation of the planned November budget and the scaling back of the comprehensive spending review was big news, as was their replacement...
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For Britain, Covid has been the worst of all worlds
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We priced ourselves into jobs last time. Can it happen again?
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Sunak’s toxic tax problem as spending hits wartime levels
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A post-lockdown housing boom. But will it turn to bust?
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Worried about debt? Not in a world running on MMT
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V, W or Aargh? It depends on the virus – and on jobs
Economistmeg
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IIF Annual Meetings: US Economic Outlook
I joined Beth Ann Bovino, Jonathan Pingle and Elina Ribakova this week to speak on a panel about the US Economic Outlook at the IIF Annual Meetings, which usually occur alongside the IMF/WB meetings. We discussed what indicators we’re watching closely to see when we may have found a bottom, how the US has handled the shock to the labour market (compared with Europe), whether we should worry about inflation, prospects for the oil market and...
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Realities bite in the US
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The Shock of Coronavirus: Hard Truths
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EM and developing economies face tough slog
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V, U, W or Nike Swoosh?
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The Mother of all Recessions
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Emerging markets are the next domino to fall in the coronavirus crisis
Eurostat News Releases
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Regional diversity in the EU – how does your region fare?
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Annual inflation down to -0.2% in the euro area
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Production in construction up by 0.2% in euro area and down by 0.1% in EU
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Euro area international trade in goods surplus €27.9 bn
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Annual growth in labour costs at 4.2% in euro area
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Euro area and EU job vacancy rate both at 1.6%
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Industrial production up by 4.1% in both euro area and EU
IFO Hans-Werner Sinn & Clemens Fuest
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ifo Institute: Economic Experts Fear Tariff War Will Shrink World Trade
International economic experts fear that the tariff war between the US, China, and Europe will lead to a decline in world trade. This is the result of the World Economic Survey conducted by the ifo Institute among 1,130 economists worldwide. When asked to name the most significant consequence of the higher tariffs, the predominant answer was “less trade.” This answer scored 1.7 on a scale of 1 to 3, where 1...
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ifo Economists’ Panel: Economists Do Not Expect East German States to Catch up Any Further
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CESifo Newsletter 2019/04
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Légère amélioration de l’indice ifo du climat économique mondial
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ifo World Economic Climate Recovers Slightly
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ifo President Fuest Calls for a “Europe of Opportunity” Instead of “Europe As a Fortress”
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Clemens Fuest, le président de l’Institut ifo, oppose sa vision d’une « Europe des chances » à celle d’une « Europe-forteresse »
Il fatto quotidiano Alberto Bagnai
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Alberto Bagnai – Il Fatto Quotidiano
Guardate questo breve scambio su Twitter: Paolo Cirino Pomicino sostiene che l’entrata nell’euro non fu di per sé un errore: l’errore fu entrarci al cambio sbagliato. Alla richiesta di precisare quale sarebbe stato quello giusto, precisa: “poco più della metà”. Insomma, il cambio corretto, secondo Cirino Pomicino, sarebbe stato di circa 1000 lire per euro (la conversazione, se interessa, è qui). Qualcuno penserà: “Chiacchiere del sabato...
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Orlando privatizza la giustizia online
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Orlando privatizza la giustizia online
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I disoccupati “veri” in Italia sono il 30%: più che in Grecia
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I disoccupati “veri” in Italia sono il 30%: più che in Grecia
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Non è il libero commercio che favorisce i lavoratori
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Non è il libero commercio che favorisce i lavoratori
London School of Economics
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Book Review: Project Europe: A History by Kiran Klaus Patel
In Project Europe: A History, Kiran Klaus Patel offers a new critical history of European integration, focusing on the period between 1945 to 1992. This book offers many fresh insights on the ways that European nations have cooperated and integrated in the post-war period and is a great read for academics and general readers alike, writes Jacob van de Beeten. Project Europe: A History. Kiran Klaus Patel. Cambridge University Press. 2020....
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The fate of Alexander Lukashenko’s regime rests on the loyalty of his security apparatus
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Assessing the impact of Covid-19 on the EU’s response to irregular migration
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Governments will soon be talking about ‘benefit cheats’ and ‘scroungers’ – political scientists should do the same
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Why far right party success is about alliances between voters with different immigration grievances, and not just about culture
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Book Review: Territorial Politics and the Party System in Spain: Continuity and Change since the Financial Crisis by Caroline Gray
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Europe and the Digital Cold War: Is the EU technologically vulnerable?
MNI Euro Insight
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MNI Euro Insight 1970-01-01 00:00:00
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MORNING DIGEST: July 18, 2016
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MORNING DIGEST: July 15, 2016
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Analysis: Vestager Comments Suggest Some Investor Bail-in if Italy’s Banks are Recapitalised
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Analysis: Bank of England Easing Decision is Delayed, not Cancelled, While MPC Gathers Data
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MORNING DIGEST: July 14, 2016
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Euro Insight Poll: Brexit Crushes Hopes for Stronger Eurozone Recovery
On French Politics
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Revue de Presse: September 27
Share the post "Revue de Presse: September 27" In a review for the Point, Scott Spillman discusses Men on Horseback by the Princeton historian David Bell. Bell’s book is a study in the modern phenomenon of charisma, which Max Weber called “the great revolutionary force.” Applying Weber’s definition of charismatic authority to the Age of Revolutions, Bell examines the relationship between democracy and individual...
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The Open Road
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Constitutional Adjudication as a Means of Realizing the Equal Stature of Men and Women Under the Law
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James Burnham’s Machiavellians
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Lettres de Clemenceau (II)
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Clemenceau vs. Tocqueville
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Clemenceau, observateur de l’Amérique (I)
Political Thoughts – the magazine
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Postcovid Syndrome may be common and serious.
At the beginning of this outbreak there was concern in some quarters that a few COVID19 victims might suffer long term consequences. This happens with some other viruses and even in a few cases with flu. Initial studies are showing very disturbing results for a prolonged illness after recovery from COVID19 infection.Broad, but unscientific, surveys of large numbers of people seem to show persistent symptoms in 5-10% of those who have...
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Tibetans moved to Concentration Camps, Uyghur Camps expanded.
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Google, Twitter, Facebook are all biased. This is serious.
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Why do so many British people hate Britain?
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Fact Checkers rely on one source for origins of COVID19
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More Evidence that COVID19 was Man Made.
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The Origins of Racism in the UK and the Cure
Professor Werner
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EU Basics – Your Guide to the UK Referendum on EU Membership
By Professor Richard A. Werner, D.Phil. (Oxon) 20 June 2016 The British people should be clear about just what they will be voting on at the EU referendum this Thursday. What does it actually mean to stay in the EU? What does it mean to exit? Concerning the second question, the dominant issue in the debate has been the question whether there will be a significant negative economic impact on the UK from exiting the EU. Prime Minister David...
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Is Germany to blame for the European mess?
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„Negative“ Interest Rates and the War on Cash
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What should be done about Greece – and what is likely to happen
Protesilaos Stavrou
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On the underlying values of superhero culture
2020-09-17 Culture embodies values and imprints them in the collective conscience as models of acceptable or desirable states of affairs. To think of cultural artefacts as mere entertainment, a transient exhibition with no further consequences, is to ignore the social-political function they perform. This is more so for works that are conceived, designed, and delivered in a top-down fashion, where a handful of power elites wields the...
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Communitarianism and the self-institution of divinity
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Protesilaos Stavrou
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Comment on resisting techno-digital dystopia
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Comment on elections in general
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Crises, transnationalism, and the demi-state
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On crisis and statecraft
Rybinski
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Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku – kilka dobrych rad na koniec
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Polska przekracza granice międzynarodowej śmieszności
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Czy testy czynią uczniów głupszymi
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Czy sprawdziły się moje prognozy na 2016 rok
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What Trump election means for global economy?
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Spór o kluczowe wartości wymaga przeprowadzenia referendum
The Economist Europe
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Upcoming referendums will show how the Swiss may relate to the EU
Sep 26th 2020ZURICHOPERATION LIBERO is planning something, but it won’t say what. The Swiss liberal activist group is known for its creative campaigns against referendums launched by the right-wing populist Swiss People’s Party (SVP). On September 27th the latest such initiative, to end freedom of movement with the EU, comes to a vote, and Operation Libero plans to stage an unspecified media stunt. The aim is to tease the country’s...
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The problem of the EU’s “golden passports”
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France, as ever, wants to be both European and French
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Ukraine’s anti-corruption court bares its teeth
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Italians vote for fewer, better politicians
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Alexei Navalny, Russia’s poisoned opposition leader, has a Siberian success
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Europe’s asylum compromise
The Market Monetarist
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ONE factor explains most of the differences in Covid19 deaths across US states
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic I have closely been monitoring the data for the number of deaths and infected across different countries and I have spend considerable time trying to estimate statistical models to explain variations in deaths and infects across different countries. It quickly became clear to me that relative few factors could explain this variation and back in April I wrote a blog post in which I claimed that...
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The Fed just de facto increased its inflation target to 2.5%
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Presentation: Getting practical about data and analytics in basketball
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Presentation: Will the Covid-19 crisis be inflationary?
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The shortest recession ever – unemployment will be below 6% in November
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Why have epidemiological forecasts been so wrong and what to do about it
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Presentation on the US economy and markets (in Danish)
VoxEU
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Late-movers outperform first-movers in export markets
The relationship between first-movers and late-movers in export markets has important policy implications. First-movers need to be productive enough to pay market entry costs; in turn, they generate information externalities for late-movers. This column uses a unique disaggregated export-level customs dataset to test whether first-movers outperform late-movers in export markets. Using a variety of specifications and controlling for demand and...
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A win-win for health and life in times of COVID
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Evaluation of too-big-to-fail reforms
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Measuring property rights institutions
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There is no trade-off between quality and efficiency in public procurement
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Sovereign risk after Covid-19
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A tale of three depressions