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Opinion piece
06 June 2013
Misreading the Global Economy
In April 2010, the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook offered an optimistic assessment of the global economy, describing a
Ashoka Mody
Opinion piece
06 June 2013
Europe’s Troika should grow up
In early 2010, a group of men (and a few women) in dark suits landed in Athens. They belonged to a global institution, the International Monetary Fund
Jean Pisani-Ferry
Opinion piece
06 June 2013
Germany must lead by example on fixing its banks
Charles Kindleberger, the pre-eminent historian of financial crises, described a hegemon as a country willing to accept short-term costs for the sake
Ashoka Mody
Opinion piece
06 June 2013
Chinese solar panels - economics or politics?
Unless appropriately managed, the ongoing row on the proposed EU tariffs on solar panel imports from China has the potential to lead to a serious trad
Suparna Karmakar
Opinion piece
10 January 2012
Fiscal federalism: US history for architects of Europe's fiscal union
Ever since first the blueprints for monetary union in Europe were drawn up, the United States, considered as a collection of individual states or re
Randall Henning
Opinion piece
01 July 2010
Why Germany fell out of love with Europe
Opinion piece
01 February 2009
Politics and trade: lessons from past globalisations
Kevin O'Rourke
Opinion piece
20 October 2008
Testing times for global financial governance
Ignazio Angeloni
Opinion piece
30 July 2007
10 lessons about budget consolidation
Jens Henriksson
Opinion piece
30 June 2006
Will global capitalism fall again?
Jeffry Frieden