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Lars P. Feld

Lars P. Feld

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Lars P. Feld, Professor of Economics at the University of Freiburg, is Director of the Walter Eucken Institute.

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  1. Why Inflation Persists
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    Why Inflation Persists

    Mar 31, 2023 Lars P. Feld navigates the complex array of factors that give rise to one of the biggest problems in macroeconomics.

  2. The ECB’s Toxic Bond-Purchase Program
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    The ECB’s Toxic Bond-Purchase Program

    Jul 27, 2022 Lars P. Feld, et al. warn that the European Central Bank’s new anti-fragmentation instrument risks destabilizing the eurozone.

  3. A New Fiscal Strategy for Germany
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    A New Fiscal Strategy for Germany

    Jul 20, 2022 Christian Lindner & Lars P. Feld present a three-part plan to boost sustainable growth without further stoking inflation.

  4. Why the Social Market Economy Succeeds
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    Why the Social Market Economy Succeeds

    Mar 12, 2021 Lars P. Feld, et al. explain what policymakers everywhere can learn from the German post-war economic model.

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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