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Paul De Grauwe

Paul De Grauwe

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Paul De Grauwe is Chair of European Political Economy for the European Institute at the London School of Economics.

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  1. Tame Inflation Without Subsidizing Banks
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    Tame Inflation Without Subsidizing Banks

    Feb 27, 2023 Paul De Grauwe & Yuemei Ji urge central banks to increase minimum reserve requirements as a temporary measure to prevent huge losses.

  2. China's Time for Global Leadership
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    China's Time for Global Leadership

    Mar 17, 2022 Stephen S. Roach, et al. call on the country's leaders to leverage their partnership with Russia to stand up for peace in Ukraine.

  3. Russia Is Too Small to Win
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    Russia Is Too Small to Win

    Mar 17, 2022 Paul De Grauwe highlights the economic weaknesses that are likely to deny Vladimir Putin a victory in Ukraine.

  4. Brexit and the Brussels Effect
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    Brexit and the Brussels Effect

    Dec 18, 2020 Paul De Grauwe calls for the UK and the EU to retain full sovereignty and let the market compel alignment on trade rules.

  5. The ECB Must Finance COVID-19 Deficits
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    The ECB Must Finance COVID-19 Deficits

    Mar 18, 2020 Paul De Grauwe makes the case that policymakers should accept the necessity of monetary financing to avert a deeper crisis.

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    A Western Distraction from Climate Action

    Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi warns that calls for the removal of Sultan Al Jaber as COP28 president-designate are a dangerous diversion.
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    How to Restructure Chinese Supply Chains

    Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng argue that private markets can be leveraged to support a much-needed economic transformation.
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    The Supply Side of Decarbonization

    Ricardo Hausmann touts strategies that create incentives for developing countries to produce renewables and other green goods.
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    America and China Are on a Collision Course

    Nouriel Roubini

    The G7 countries may have set out to deter China without escalating the new cold war, but the perception in Beijing suggests that they failed to thread the needle at their recent summit in Hiroshima. It is now clear to all that the United States, its allies, and any partners they can recruit are committed to containing China’s rise.

    juxtaposes recent developments and current trends with diplomatic happy talk about a “thaw” in tensions.
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    Leveling the Financial Playing Field for Africa

    Amadou Hott & Mark Malloch-Brown propose ways to redress longstanding inequities and enable African-led solutions to succeed.
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    Why the Fed Is Hard to Predict

    Mohamed A. El-Erian

    The US Federal Reserve is adrift, and it has only itself to blame. Regardless of whether its policy-setting committee announces another interest-rate hike in June, its top priority now should be to address the structural weaknesses that led it astray in the first place.

    thinks the US central bank's biggest problem is not the economy but rather its own institutional shortcomings.
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    How to Quench the American West’s Thirst

    Jeffrey Frankel argues that eliminating water subsidies and implementing market pricing is better than the alternative.
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    Give America a Debt Brake

    R. James Breiding thinks the United States could learn a valuable lesson from a policy Switzerland put in place in 2003.
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    The Myth of Western Decline

    Chris Patten argues that Chinese leaders’ characterization of liberal democracy as decadent betrays their fear of it.

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