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Guntram B. Wolff

Guntram B. Wolff

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Guntram B. Wolff is Director of Bruegel, the Brussels-based economic think tank.

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  1. Europe’s Fiscal Wormhole
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    Europe’s Fiscal Wormhole

    Oct 23, 2014 Guntram B. Wolff proposes a public-investment scheme that would boost eurozone growth without blowing out budgets.

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    Why Is China’s Economy Faltering?

    Even as China’s growth miracle unfolded, many warned of a slowdown and cautioned that the country, like so many before it, could become ensnared in the middle-income trap, unable to claw its way to high-income status. With the real-estate sector in turmoil, youth unemployment skyrocketing, and growth slowing sharply, have the China pessimists been proved right?

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    China’s Policy Paralysis

    Stephen S. Roach argues that the government’s muted stimulus is an attempt to wean itself off debt-intensive economic growth.
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    The Strongest Army in Europe?

    Sławomir Sierakowski thinks the government has prioritized procurement over meaningful defense preparation.
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    The Fossil-Fuel Industry’s Obstructionist Climate-Change Tactics

    Lili Fuhr urges policymakers to prevent the development and deployment of dubious remedies for global warming.
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    What Motivates Killer Nurses?

    Raj Persaud considers why health-care professionals like Lucy Letby, whose case has haunted the UK, murder their patients.
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    Preventing a US-China War

    Nouriel Roubini urges both sides to pursue a new strategic understanding on the issues driving their current conflict.
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    Putin’s History Lessons

    Nina L. Khrushcheva sees parallels between the Kremlin’s revanchist agenda and Soviet attempts to rewrite the past.
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    Is Japan-style Deflation Coming to China?

    Takatoshi Ito

    China’s real-estate sector is buckling under the weight of falling prices, a huge and growing inventory of unsold units, and highly indebted developers. Add to that slowing GDP growth and falling inflation, and a prolonged period of stagnation and deflation, triggered by a property-bubble collapse, seems increasingly likely.

     foresees an extended period of stagnation triggered by a property-bubble collapse.
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    Advancing Environmental Justice with AI

    Justina Nixon-Saintil shows how artificial-intelligence tools could help marginalized communities combat the climate crisis.

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