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Xavier Vives

Xavier Vives

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Xavier Vives, Professor of Economics and Finance at IESE Business School, is the co-author (with Darrell Duffie, Thierry Foucault, and Laura Veldkamp) of the report Technology and Finance.

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  1. Is SVB the Canary in the Coal Mine?
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    Is SVB the Canary in the Coal Mine?

    Mar 14, 2023 Xavier Vives warns that the bank's sudden collapse points to a larger looming threat to financial stability.

  2. Crypto’s Well-Worn Path to Crisis
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    Crypto’s Well-Worn Path to Crisis

    Dec 2, 2022 Xavier Vives writes that, despite the novelty of the assets, the narrative of FTX’s collapse was established long ago.

  3. Is There a Method to Putin's Madness?
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    Is There a Method to Putin's Madness?

    Mar 2, 2022 Xavier Vives asks whether the Russian president's decision to attack Ukraine was reckless or strategically cunning.

  4. Was COP26 Cheap Talk?
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    Was COP26 Cheap Talk?

    Nov 17, 2021 Xavier Vives assesses the outcome of this year’s UN climate-change conference in light of current global constraints.

  5. Is an Energy Winter Coming to Europe?
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    Is an Energy Winter Coming to Europe?

    Oct 13, 2021 Xavier Vives sees the recent spike in electricity prices as part of a new normal that the continent must confront.

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    A Big Defeat for Big Tech

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Tech companies know that if there is an open, democratic debate about data security, consumers’ concerns about digital safeguards will win out. And while the industry's lobbyists tried to ensure that no such debate could ever occur, one of their more cynical moves has now been exposed and thwarted.

    details how the industry tried to slip extraordinary protections against regulation into US trade agreements.
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    Haiti’s Proud Boys

    Slavoj Žižek

    If we measure a failed state by the cracks in the edifice of its power, reflected in brewing ideological civil wars, deadlocked assemblies, and increasingly insecure public spaces, we must recognize that the United States is not so unlike Haiti. Both have given rise to violent gangs with political ambitions.

    warns that rich Western democracies are not immune to politically motivated gang violence.
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    Unity Is Europe’s Greatest Asset

    Connie Hedegaard emphasizes the importance of stability amid persistent economic and geopolitical crises.
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    The Truth About US Immigration

    Nancy Qian warns that overheated campaign-season rhetoric is dangerously polarizing and ultimately self-defeating.
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    The Zombification of Political Parties

    Jan-Werner Mueller argues that Donald Trump’s capture of the GOP’s organizational machinery recalls authoritarian tactics elsewhere.
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    The Economic Consequences of Legal Behavior

    Kaushik Basu highlights the potential benefits of emphasizing adherence to the spirit of laws, if not their letter.
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    For Nigeria’s Schools, Safety Must Come First

    Gordon Brown writes that the latest mass abduction of students underscores the dilemma facing parents throughout the country.
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    Give Women with Disabilities a Chance

    Nkechi S. Owoo explains what is needed to protect and empower one of the world’s most vulnerable demographic groups.
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    How Capitalism Became a Threat to Democracy

    Mordecai Kurz examines the economic policies and market dynamics that have ushered in America's Second Gilded Age.

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