Category: Politics & Economics

Politics & Economics

How to bridge the gap between good economics and good politics

Two recent commentaries on why economists should provide politically feasible options, even if suboptimal.

Politics & Economics

On geopolitical risks, inflation, and the price of oil

What are the transmission channels from geopolitical risks to inflation? How does the US-China political relationship affect the price of oil?

Politics & Economics

On policymakers’ cognitive biases

New research on how cognitive biases of policymakers affect the choice of implementable policies as well as the allocation of public resources.

Politics & Economics

Are we headed toward a polycrisis?

The polycrisis concept is being embraced by many lately as a way to describe the unprecedented situation we are currently facing.

Politics & Economics

Challenges for 2023

What are the latent risks for the Eurozone, the U.S., and China in 2023?

Politics & Economics

On political extremism

New research on the reasons that drive the success of extreme political parties.

Politics & Economics

Political polarization in the U.S.

Is political polarization among corporate executives good for shareholder value? Does partisan perception affect capital allocation beyond national borders? Interesting new research.

Politics & Economics

Economic commentary on the Ukraine-Russia conflict – Part B

Paul de Grauwe, Michael Spence and Jim O’Neil on whether Russia can sustain the war for a long time, how trade patterns and the international monetary system might change.

Politics & Economics

Economic commentary on the Ukraine-Russia conflict

Some early predictions on how the world economy will fare going forward.

Politics & Economics

Political turnover and economics

Two new and interesting papers that paint a gloomy picture of the trade-off between economic policies and political turnover.

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