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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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    America’s Industrial Policy Is Counterproductive

    Anne O. Krueger laments that the Biden administration is adding red tape to an inefficient subsidy program.
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    Who Gets Squeezed by Austerity?

    Christy Braham urges governments to reject calls for budget cuts and invest in the welfare of billions of vulnerable workers.
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    America’s Financial Regulatory System Is Still Broken

    Howard Davies

    When a bank fails in the United States, questions about who is to blame are often directed at many different regulatory agencies, because the system is complex and hard for outsiders to understand. In the wake of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the case for an overhaul could not be stronger.

     laments that the post-2008 Dodd-Frank reforms left in place a framework riddled with structural shortcomings.
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    The Water Crisis Is a Vital Investment Opportunity

    Ambroise Fayolle & Henk Ovink calls for new thinking about how we value the planet’s most important natural resource.
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    PS Events: What Economics Is Missing

    PS editors present the What Economics is Missing event.
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    Hell in the Holy Land

    Carl Bildt fears that the stage is set for another major violent conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
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    The Fed Must Not Flinch

    Michael R. Strain

    The failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank are significant market events. But, given an overheated labor market and 1970s-like inflation, if the Fed cannot see the whites of the eyes of a systemic banking crisis, then it must move aggressively on the inflation front.

     urges the US central bank to continue raising interest rates, despite signs of financial-sector fragility.
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    Reimagining Development

    Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng argue that grassroots engagement and social enterprise are crucial to achieving countries' aspirations.
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    What the World Bank Can Do About Climate Change

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg explains how the institution can maximize its contribution to the global net-zero agenda.

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