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Roger E.A. Farmer

Roger E.A. Farmer

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Roger E. A. Farmer is Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Economics at UCLA, Management team and Hub Leader for Rebuilding Macroeconomics, and the author of Prosperity for All: How to Prevent Financial Crises.

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  1. Why We Need More Economists
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    Why We Need More Economists

    Oct 8, 2019 Roger E.A. Farmer defends the dismal science's track record of designing policies to promote growth and reduce poverty.

  2. Central Banking’s Bankrupt Narrative
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    Central Banking’s Bankrupt Narrative

    Sep 3, 2019 Roger E.A. Farmer thinks current economic conditions have exposed fundamental flaws in the theory driving monetary-policy decisions.

  3. Paying for the Welfare State Without Raising Taxes
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    Paying for the Welfare State Without Raising Taxes

    Jun 13, 2019 Roger E.A. Farmer urges national treasuries to establish new investment funds to help finance governments' social programs.

  4. Secular Stagnation Revisited
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    Secular Stagnation Revisited

    Sep 4, 2018 Roger E.A. Farmer weighs in on the debate between Joseph Stiglitz and Lawrence Summers about the response to the 2008 crisis.

  5. Equality for All?
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    Equality for All?

    Aug 9, 2018 Roger E.A. Farmer warns Western elites not to put lofty global ideals ahead of domestic constituencies.

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    History Already Tells Us the Future of AI

    Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson find policy lessons for the 2020s in the work of the early-nineteenth-century economist David Ricardo.
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    Trump and the Risk of a US Debt Default

    William L. Silber thinks the former president would be even more reckless if awarded another term this year.
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    Europe’s Red Tape Is Helping Russia

    Laurence Boone & Nicu Popescu

    The European Union’s cumbersome and narrowly defined regulations for public procurement and spending are not simply inadequate; they are dangerous. They weaken the bloc’s ability to protect itself from a broad range of Russian hybrid attacks while prolonging Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.

     propose a European Defense Production Act to help fast-track processes for public procurement and spending.
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    What to Look for in Trump’s First Trial

    Eric Posner

    The intricate legal issues and colorful characters in Donald Trump's criminal trials will undoubtedly keep the media and the viewing public enraptured for months to come. But when it comes to the 2024 election, all that really matters is how the defendant appears to a narrow sliver of undecided voters.

     points out that optics, more than the law or the facts, will be what matters most for the election.
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    AI Holds the Key to Resilient Cities

    Justina Nixon-Saintil surveys the technology's foreseeable applications in promoting urban sustainable development.
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    How Risky Is Japan’s Monetary-Policy Normalization?

    Takatoshi Ito considers the implications of the central bank’s exit from negative interest rates and quantitative easing.
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    As Families Change, So Must the Safety Net

    Neha Bansal urges governments to implement policies that promote intergenerational integration and solidarity.
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    The Language of Political Control

    Robert Skidelsky views recent linguistic innovations as manipulative efforts to compel “correct” thought and perception.
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    Globalization vs. Democracy

    Kaushik Basu highlights the contradictions and vulnerabilities inherent in the current international order.

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