Pandenomics
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Looking for trouble…
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Savers are Negative on Negative Rates
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Greek Crisis Lessons
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Globalization Disrupted
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The New Abnormal
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Warped World of Bonds
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EMU Roads to Survival
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EMU Break-up?
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Category Archives: Pandemic
Pandenomics Revisited – Podcast
Back in April 2020, only a few weeks into the Covid-19 pandemic, I published a report entitled “Pandenomics – 15 Ways that Covid-19 could change the world”, with a subsequent spinoff for the CEPR’s VoxEU. Now that the pandemic is … Continue reading
Posted in Digital, Macroeconomics, Pandemic, Technology, Uncategorized
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“Stuff Stuff” – the Case for a Radical Greening in Taxes
We are consuming too much stuff. This is not just bad for the planet, it’s bad for our prosperity and happiness. As we look to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and tackle not just climate change but broader environmental damage, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Pandemic, Sustainability
Tagged Build Back Better, Environment, fiscal policy, Tax
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New Horizons Beyond ING
My New Favourite Mug Leaving in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown is somehow fittingly strange and unexpected. My 22 years at ING, mostly as Chief Economist, marked an unforgettable period of shocks in economics, politics, technology, society and, … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Forecasting, Macroeconomics, Pandemic
Tagged Digital, Economic Forecasting, Green, New Abnormal, Social
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A critical year for climate change
The coming year will be critical in setting the direction for what is widely seen as the ‘decisive decade’ for action on climate change and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Thankfully, contrary to earlier fears that climate action would … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Pandemic, Sustainability, US Election
Tagged Climate Change, COP26, Geopolitics, SDGs
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Sustainable Recovery Must Be More Than Green
In an article for Project Syndicate, entitled “A Sustainable Recovery Must Be More Than Green” I argue that climate action needs to be closely tied to the urgent need to protect jobs and livelihoods. Otherwise, it risks becoming yet another … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Macroeconomics, Pandemic, Politics, Sustainability
Tagged Climate Change, Covid-19, Digital, Economics, employment, fiscal policy, Globalization, growth, Pandemic, Politics, Sustainability, Technology
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