A fiscal policy for all seasons
Fiscal orthodoxy has changed. Organisations such as the IMF and the OECD have told governments that, with low interest rates seemingly here to stay, the...
Author : Nelli Avetisyan
PODCAST: What to Expect at This Year’s All-Virtual CES
The world’s largest consumer-electronics show, CES, kicks off today. What’s normally an experiential event, where conference attendees can test out all kinds of new technology,...
The year when everything changed
Warren harding built a campaign for the presidential election in 1920around his new word “normalcy”. It was an appeal to Americans’supposed urge to forget the...
PODCAST: A Century Of Money
Recessions, depressions, bubbles, and blue skies — our economy has ahistory of soaring and plummeting. This hour, TED speakers look to thepast for lessons on...
PODCAST: No Privacy, No Property: The World in 2030 According to the WEF
The World Economic Forum and its related institutions in combination with a handful of governments and a few high-tech companies want to lead the world...
The emerging world challenge
Poor countries lack the technological, financial and policy tools to navigate the Covid trade-off between containment and economic health. The world must come together to...
What the world can learn from the Covid-19 pandemic
The most important single thing we have learnt from Covid-19 is how much damage may be done by a relatively mild pandemic by long-term historical...
COVID-19: Key measures taken by governments and central banks
Response to the coronavirus pandemic How Global Central Banks are Responding to COVID-19 When times get tough, central banks typically act as the first line...
Helicopter yes, or Helicopter no
Synopsis This is an unconventional monetary policy tool. It involves printing money and distributing it to the public. Imagine waking one morning to find extra...