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Josep Borrell is EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and a vice president of the European Commission.

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Embracing Europe’s Power
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Embracing Europe’s Power

Feb 8, 2020 Josep Borrell calls on EU member states to combine their resources in a way that maximizes the bloc's geopolitical impact.

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A Radical Way Out of the EU Budget Maze
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A Radical Way Out of the EU Budget Maze

Jean Pisani-Ferry proposes a new negotiating procedure to ensure that efficiency is separated from distributional issues.

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The Divine Right of Populists PS OnPoint

The Divine Right of Populists

Nicholas Reed Langen sees the ghost of the Third Reich's greatest legal thinker in UK and US leaders' efforts to expand executive power.

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The New Normal Should Be Cashless
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The New Normal Should Be Cashless

Willem H. Buiter thinks the likely persistence of zero and negative interest rates justifies abolishing most banknotes.

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Beyond Abenomics
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Beyond Abenomics

Akira Kawamoto argues that Japan’s next government must focus squarely on supply-side measures and political reforms.

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Will the Coronavirus Trigger a Global Recession?
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Will the Coronavirus Trigger a Global Recession?

Jeffrey Frankel warns that the world economy's prospects are dimming fast, owing to the COVID-19 outbreak and US trade policy.

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When China Sneezes
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When China Sneezes

Stephen S. Roach

The COVID-19 outbreak has hit at a time of much greater economic vulnerability than in 2003, during the SARS outbreak, and China's share of world output has more than doubled since then. With other major economies already struggling, the risk of outright global recession in the first half of 2020 seems like a distinct possibility.

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Why Bernie?
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Why Bernie?

Alexander Friedman

If US Senator Bernie Sanders is the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, he could win in November for any number of reasons. The US electorate is almost evenly divided regardless of candidate, swing voters are unpredictable, electoral math is tricky, Donald Trump has plenty of weaknesses, and a lot can happen between now and then.

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Africa Isn’t Ready for Currency Unions
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Africa Isn’t Ready for Currency Unions

Célestin Monga argues that the current CFA franc currency union has failed and that a new monetary strategy is necessary.

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