Podcast
20 January 2021
Where did the vaccine strategy go wrong?
“We have to open our mind, we have to look internationally. Because if we don’t, COVID-19 is going to stay with us.”
Covid-19
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Opinion piece
18 January 2021
Résilience : la nouvelle boussole
Pour surmonter le choc de la pandémie de Covid-19, l’économiste écarte, dans sa chronique, l’idée d’un repli protectionniste, mais suggère de passer d
Blog post
13 January 2021
A matter of life and death: governments must speed up vaccination
COVID-19 vaccination in Europe and the United States is moving too slowly and is failing to prevent avoidable death and economic disruption. More must
Blog post
07 January 2021
Corporate insolvencies during COVID-19: keeping calm before the storm
Measures in major economies have protected companies from COVID-19 related insolvency, but have also protected weak firms. Nevertheless, support shoul
Blog post
06 January 2021
Has the European Union squandered its coronavirus vaccination opportunity?
The European Union’s purchases of frontrunner coronavirus vaccines are insufficient for the population’s near-term needs. The shortfall could have hea
Blog post
05 January 2021
When the future changes the past: fiscal indicator revisions
The 2020 pandemic economic shock has led to reassessment of fiscal policy measures in 2018 and earlier, because of faulty measurement of unobserved ou
Opinion piece
04 January 2021
Europe's disappointing investment deal with China
Why rush a deal that is so inherently complex?
Blog post
23 December 2020
Happy New Year?
A recovery from the COVID-19 recession is underway though the suffering is far from over, especially for the most vulnerable. Inequality is both a con
External publication
21 December 2020
Monetary Policy in the times of corona: many unknown unknowns
Testimony to the European Parliament on monetary policy.
Event
17 December 2020
Health: Crisis governance for a vital global public good
Given the collapse in cooperation over health governance, what strategies should be pursued at international level, and by what means?
Event
15 December 2020
Europe and India: Comparing Approaches to Global Economic Challenges
Stakeholders from government, private sector, media and academia/institutions come together to review India-EU relations.
Opinion piece
14 December 2020
Are we out of the woods yet?
The return to normal may just have to wait.
Event
08 December 2020
Innovative approaches to monitoring the risks and impact of COVID-19
What new innovative tools can we use to measure real-time economic and social risk?
Blog post
07 December 2020
Can the gap in the Europe’s internal market for banking services be bridged?
The European Union has made significant progress to a more unified banking market but frictions remain between euro and non-euro countries. Without a
Blog post
03 December 2020
COVID-19 has widened the income gap in Europe
Workers with low-educational levels suffered far worse than others in terms of COVID-19 related job losses during the first half of 2020 in the EU. Jo
Opinion piece
02 December 2020
How to minimise the impact of the coronavirus on the economy
COVID-19 is a global killer. Austerity needs to succumb.