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Michael Heise

Michael Heise

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Michael Heise is Chief Economist of Allianz SE and the author of Emerging From the Euro Debt Crisis: Making the Single Currency Work.

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  1. The ECB Needs New Inflation Rules
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    The ECB Needs New Inflation Rules

    Jul 2, 2019 Michael Heise argues that a medium-term target for price stability would bolster the European Central Bank's credibility.

  2. The Debt Shackles Return
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    The Debt Shackles Return

    May 15, 2018 Michael Heise advocates counter-cyclical measures to help avoid yet another debt-fueled crisis.

  3. Germany’s Coming Silver Age
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    Germany’s Coming Silver Age

    Apr 25, 2017 Michael Heise warns policymakers that increased immigration will not eliminate the need for entitlement reforms.

  4. What’s Better Than a Border Adjustment Tax?
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    What’s Better Than a Border Adjustment Tax?

    Mar 8, 2017 Michael Heise explains the risks of the US administration's likely tax reform – and proposes an alternative.

  5. Rewriting the Monetary-Policy Script
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    Rewriting the Monetary-Policy Script

    Mar 2, 2017 Michael Heise urges central banks to abandon the fallacy that interest-rates' impact can be accurately predicted.

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    The High Cost of the Netherlands’ Mpox Vaccine Hoarding

    Gordon Brown condemns European populists’ failure to heed the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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    How to Make the Most of the Kursk Gambit

    Samuel Charap & Charles A. Kupchan think Ukraine and its partners have a big opportunity to start working toward a negotiated end to the war.
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    The US Election Will Overturn Europe’s Strategic Status Quo

    Mark Leonard worries that Europeans are unprepared for whoever will succeed US President Joe Biden.
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    The Water-Security Crisis

    Mariana Mazzucato, et al.

    Increasingly severe water shortages represent a human-made crisis that can be resolved through human interventions. The situation demands new thinking about the economics of this critical resource and how to manage it through mission-oriented strategies that span all levels of governance.

    call attention to a global problem that demands far more attention from policymakers at all levels.
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    The European Green Deal Is Already Benefiting Consumers

    Agustín Reyna rejects the misguided notion that voters are indifferent to environmental concerns.
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    What Is Kamala Harris’s Foreign Policy?

    Ian Bremmer

    Although Kamala Harris is largely aligned with Joe Biden on many global and strategic issues, her unique worldview promises a distinct form of leadership on the international stage. Not only would US foreign policy shift under a Harris administration; it could change in highly consequential ways.

    considers how the Democratic presidential nominees' views compare to Joe Biden's.
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    Will the German Center Hold?

    Helmut K. Anheier considers what is driving support for extremist parties in the country’s eastern states.
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    America Has No Alternative to Industrial Policy

    J. Bradford DeLong thinks new threats to economic security outweigh the reasons for opposing government-led development.
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    US Foreign Policy in 2025

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. compares the two presidential candidates’ attitudes and positions on major global issues.

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