Economic Issues

Economic issues facing the world economy, as well as regions and countries, include prospects for growth, inflation, energy and the environment, inequality, labor issues, emerging markets, and the impact of new technologies.

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The price of American economic nostalgia

Adam S. Posen (PIIE), Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg (PIIE), Robert Z. Lawrence (PIIE) and Simeon Djankov (PIIE)

April 22, 2021
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Can global trade cooperation be revived in 2021?

Anabel González (PIIE), Cecilia Malmstrom (University of Gothenburg School of Economics; Former European Commissioner for Trade) and Adam S. Posen (PIIE)

April 21, 2021
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How are central bank digital currencies different from other payment methods?

Martin Chorzempa (PIIE)
April 21, 2021
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Firms in Europe's hardest-hit economies used COVID-19 public loan guarantees the most

Julia Anderson (Bruegel), Francesco Papadia (Bruegel) and Nicolas Véron (PIIE)

April 21, 2021
Short Videos

Adam S. Posen on the price of America’s economic retreat

Featuring Adam S. Posen (PIIE)
April 20, 2021
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The Power of Creative Destruction: Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations

Philippe Aghion (Collège de France; London School of Economics and Political Science)

April 20, 2021
Op-Eds

The Price of Nostalgia: America’s Self-Defeating Economic Retreat

Adam S. Posen (PIIE)
April 20, 2021
via Foreign Affairs
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The United States has been disengaging from the global economy

Simeon Djankov (PIIE), Tianlei Huang (PIIE), Euijin Jung (PIIE), Michael Kister (PIIE), Hexuan Li (PIIE), Adam S. Posen (PIIE), Madi Sarsenbayev (PIIE), David Xu (PIIE) and Eva (Yiwen) Zhang (PIIE)

April 19, 2021
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Currency manipulation rebounded in 2020 as pandemic concerns rose

Joseph E. Gagnon (PIIE) and Madi Sarsenbayev (PIIE)

April 16, 2021
Testimonies

China’s pursuit of leadership in digital currency

Martin Chorzempa (PIIE)

April 15, 2021