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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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    The Trade Shifts Redefining Economic Development

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg & Michele Ruta consider the long-term implications of three major trends that could reshape globalization.
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    Trump at the Gates

    Joschka Fischer urges Europeans to recognize that they are now on their own in an increasingly dangerous world.
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    The End of Progress?

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Though the United States has long led the world in advancing basic science and technology, it is hard to see how this can continue under President Donald Trump and the country’s ascendant oligarchy. America’s rejection of Enlightenment values will have dire consequences.

    predicts that Donald Trump’s second administration will be defined by its rejection of Enlightenment values.
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    China’s Trump Dilemma

    Yanis Varoufakis

    Will the China hawks in Donald Trump’s administration railroad him into a confrontation that transcends tariffs and embraces financial sanctions of the type the US and the European Union imposed on Russia? If they do, China's leaders will have to decide whether to decouple from the dollar-based international monetary system.

    thinks the real choice facing Chinese leaders may be whether to challenge the dollar's hegemony head-on.
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    The Key to Narrowing the Development Gap

    Pascal Lamy, et al. explain how investments in African agri-food systems can advance many of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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    Economists’ Way Out of the Wilderness

    James K. Galbraith argues that the continued dominance of nineteenth-century thinking has resulted in a catalogue of failure.
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    Trump the Revolutionary Isolationist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami hears echoes of the Monroe Doctrine in the US president's threats to acquire Greenland.
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    How the Trump Administration Can Hit Its Growth Target

    Glenn Hubbard urges policymakers to focus on the three pillars of increased productivity.
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    Trump’s First Test Will Be the Bond Market

    Jim O'Neill wonders if recent market signals will keep the new administration’s radicalism in check.

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