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Stereotypes and (in)justice
Diane Coyle, 21 May 2019

Diane Coyle finds "Shadows of Doubt: Stereotypes, Crime & the Pursuit of Justice" by Brendan O’Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi a fantastic but sobering book.
Views on the minimum wage show economics to be an inexact science
Simon Wren-Lewis, 10 May 2019

Economics is often accused of not being a science. Simon Wren-Lewis argeus that a good test case to see if that is true is the minimum wage.
The German debt brake needs a reform
Michael Hüther, Jens Südekum, 06 May 2019

As the German debt brakes celebrates its 10th anniversary, Michael Hüther and Jens Südekum argue that it has become a burden for the German economy, which badly needs investment in education and infrastructure.
Will a US-China trade deal remove or just restructure the massive 2018 tariffs?
Chad Bown, Eva (Yiwen) Zhang, 01 May 2019

The US and China are now negotiating how to resolve President Donald Trump’s trade war. Chad Bown and Eva Zhang ask what will happen to all of those 2018 tariffs.

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A digital crop

Diane Coyle, 29 April 2019

In this post, Diane Coyle reviews three books looking at the digital economy.
Expert Survey on Bank Capital Requirements: Preliminary results

Gene Ambrocio, Iftekhar Hasan, Esa Jokivuolle, Kim Ristolainen, 25 April 2019

In this post researchers from the Bank of Finland reveal that academics responding to the Bank’s survey prefer a minimum of 15% of common equity in relation to banks’ total assets at all times, considerably higher than the current regulatory minimum requirement that aims to constrain bank leverage.
How technology changed work, the workplace, and contracts

Richard Baldwin, 24 April 2019

Richard Baldwin discusses how digital technology has changed the nature of work, and how and where we do it.
The destination-based cash flow tax: A negative-revenue tax?

David Laborde, William Martin, 18 April 2019

David Laborde and Will Martin identify serious problems with the proposal to combine features of a VAT and a wage subsidy, especially for countries where the direct government revenue implications are strongly negative.
Why have pundits got politics so wrong since 2015?

Simon Wren-Lewis, 16 April 2019

Simon Wren-Lewis asks why pundits failed to see how far right the Conservatives were moving under Cameron, and the subsequent rise of Corbyn in 2015 and Labour’s gains during the 2017 campaign.

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