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May 28, 2020, Opinion, "Once again, new economic readings from the World Bank's International Comparison Program have fed into the long-going debate over whether China is…
May 1, 2020, Opinion, "As policymakers plan their COVID-19 responses, policymakers should remember a simple rule of thumb: let “W” stand for premature "withdrawal" of public-…
Foreseeable Unforeseeables. Jeffrey Frankel, March 27, 2020, Opinion, "Contrary to what US President Donald Trump would like to believe, a pandemic like COVID-19 was predicted as…
February 26, 2020, Opinion: "At the start of this year, things seemed to be looking up for the global economy. True, growth had slowed a bit in 2019: from 2.9% to 2.3% in the…
February 24, 2020, Opinion: "The COVID-19 outbreak seems to have raised the odds of a global recession dramatically. But even if no downturn materializes in the near term,…
January 20, 2020, Opinion, "If they are serious about tackling climate change, governments must quickly establish the expectation that the price of carbon will follow a generally…
December 17, 2019, Opinion, "Some of the leading candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination have proposed radical measures to reduce inequality, such as a wealth…
November 27, 2019, Opinion, "Had governments stood still on trade policy over the last three years, the world would be a lot better off than it is now. Today, policymakers could…
How a Weaponized Dollar Could Backfire. Jeffrey Frankel, October 23, 2019, Opinion, "United States foreign policy under President Donald Trump continues to run counter to America’…
It’s Time for German Fiscal Expansion. Jeffrey Frankel, September 30, 2019, Opinion, "The United States has made some bad fiscal choices, in particular by cutting taxes for the…