March 5, 2020, Opinion: "Given the mounting economic risks posed by the spread of the novel coronavirus, Congress should act swiftly…
What the Fed can do to help with with coronavirus’s economic aftershock. March 3, 2020, Opinion: "While the Fed acted preemptively…
March 2020, Opinion: "A fundamental difference between natural science theories and social science theories is that natural science…
March 2, 2020, Opinion: "Policymakers and too many economic commentators fail to grasp how the next global recession may be unlike the…
Environmental protection presents a challenge for commodity-producing democracies. To account for the enforcement of environmental laws in…
February 26, 2020, Paper: "This is a curious debate on which much seems to turn on “the stroke of a pen.” Do banks create money or are…
What does a Dutchman have to do with the rise of the Chinese Communist Party? Finding Allies and Making Revolution by Tony Saich reveals…
Populism studies have rapidly burgeoned but nevertheless systematic cross-national evidence about this phenomenon has lagged far behind.…
Data and code for: Automatic stabilizers in a low-rate environment. Lawrence Summers, February 16, 2020, Dataset, "In a world where…
February 2020, Paper: "Until the 2008–09 financial crisis, macroeconomic stabilization policy focused nearly exclusively on monetary…