How coronavirus almost brought down the global financial system
April 16, 2020
In the third week of March 2020, while most of our minds were fixed on surging coronavirus death rates and the apocalyptic scenes in hospital
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‘Corona Bonds’ and Europe’s North-South Divide
April 13, 2020
It is a cruel twist of fate that the Covid-19 crisis has exposed the basic faultline in the eurozone between north and south. The resulting
The Normal Economy is Never Coming Back
April 9, 2020
As the coronavirus lockdown began, the first impulse was to search for historical analogies—1914, 1929, 1941? As the weeks have ground on, what has come
The eurozone’s ‘whatever it takes’ mantra has a problem
April 5, 2020
“Whatever it takes” is the mantra of the moment. Hammered out to an audience of Eurosceptic hedge fund managers at the height of the 2012
Shockwave
April 4, 2020
In March 2020 as Europe and the US were overwhelmed by the prospect of the COVID-19 pandemic, investors panicked. Had it not been for spectacular
America is ailing – and leading the world
April 1, 2020
This is the first great crisis of the post-American world,” former Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt tweeted on Wednesday. “The UN Security Council is nowhere
Politics for the end of the world
April 1, 2020
History right now shifts with dizzying speed. Anatol Lieven’s new book is about climate change and the nation state. Lieven wants us to think about
What the Economist Doesn’t Tell You
March 30, 2020
What is liberalism? It means and has meant many different things. We speak of Market liberalism, social liberalism and cultural liberalism. Anti-clerical atheists have been
The Coronavirus Is the Biggest Emerging Markets Crisis Ever
March 29, 2020
We used to think that the 2007-2008 financial crisis set the standard for a savage global shock. But that crisis took more than 12 months
We Have Never Been Here Before
March 25, 2020
In trying to gauge the coronavirus crisis, we are all struggling for historical reference points. Which is the historical example to choose? The turmoil in
The shock of coronavirus could split Europe – unless nations share the burden, with Moritz Schularick
March 25, 2020
During the 2008 financial crisis, many observers predicted the imminent collapse of the European currency project. They were wrong. The euro held together. Yet what
Coronavirus has shattered the myth that the economy must come first
March 20, 2020
The corona shutdown of 2020 is perhaps the most remarkable interruption to ordinary life in modern history. It has been spoken about as a war.
This Is the One Thing That Might Save the World From Financial Collapse
March 20, 2020
As politicians and parliaments struggle with the economic catastrophe brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, central banks have reached for the playbook of the 2008
Can the world count on “swaps” between central banks to prevent a coronavirus financial crisis?
March 18, 2020
As the coronavirus crisis has intensified, the turmoil in financial markets has awakened memories of 2008. At the weekend, along with announcing an interest rate
Is the Coronavirus Crash Worse Than the 2008 Financial Crisis?
March 18, 2020
In May 2018, President Donald Trump restructured and downsized the pandemic preparedness unit. Of course, it seems ill-judged in retrospect. But he was not the
Hard truths about the eurozone crisis
March 2, 2020
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe […] All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. It is not often one
How ‘Big Law’ Makes Big Money
February 13, 2020
The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequalityby Katharina PistorPrinceton University Press, 297 pp., $29.95 “There is an estate in the realm
Davos prioritises environment as activists invest hope in greener finance
January 21, 2020
“Our house is on fire,” Greta Thunberg told delegates at the World Economic Forum last January. In the months that followed, “Greta” became the uncompromising
The Fierce Urgency of COP26
January 20, 2020
There are turning points in history. Moments that matter. Moments that mark beginnings and ends. As Martin Luther King reminded us “There is such a
As World Economy Shifts Gears, Trade Growth Slows
January 20, 2020
As the global business and political elite gather at Davos this year, the question remains open: Is the trade war on? Or is it off
How Climate Change has Supercharged the Left
January 15, 2020
The climate emergency is stirring radical politics across the world. Most notably, the left wings of both the Democratic Party in the United States and
How Britain beat Germany in the race for green energy
December 9, 2019
In the UK there is now considerable euphoria around decarbonisation. This is, to say the least, a surprise. In the 19th century Britain led the
To the Bitter End
December 5, 2019
Emil Nolde: The Artist during the Third Reichedited by Bernhard Fulda, Aya Soika and Christian Ring.Prestel, 320 pp., £45, May 2019, 978 3 7913 5894
The German Impasse
November 12, 2019
The autumn of 2019 is a moment of anniversaries. The 30th anniversary of German unification has garnered much attention. Rather less remarked upon has been
Germany Chooses Economic Nostalgia Over Saving the Planet
October 31, 2019
When Kristalina Georgieva had to choose a panel for her debut as managing director of the International Monetary Fund at the organization’s fall meeting, the
Grosse Koaltion, Small Klimapaket
September 30, 2019
In Germany Friday September 20th 2019 was billed as the moment at which Angela Merkel’s Grosse Koalition would reclaim leadership in climate politics. There was
Hurricane in the Bahamas is a harbinger of our future
September 3, 2019
For the government of the Bahamas, the devastating hurricane that struck the Abaco Islands is a national emergency. Around the world it has unleashed a
Can Anyone Hold the Global Economy Together?
September 2, 2019
In the last few weeks, the world economy has seen worrying turmoil. Whether or not a recession is imminent, there has certainly been a collapse
Britain Can’t Afford the Queen’s Weakness Anymore
August 30, 2019
In Europe, two major political crises are unfolding that are the mirror image of each other. At the northern end of the continent, on Wednesday
The Anxious Triumph by Donald Sassoon – why capitalism leads to crisis
August 1, 2019
On 20 January 1981, in his inaugural address as 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan declared: “Government is not the solution to our
The Global Economy Lives in Wonderland Now
August 1, 2019
There was a period not so long ago when it looked as though the world’s central banks were on course to normalize. We were nearing
The International Monetary Fund leadership is not a bargaining counter
July 22, 2019
In the grand European political reshuffle of 2019, it turned out that Christine Lagarde was the answer to the conundrum of who should replace Mario
Why Central Banks Need to Step Up on Climate Change
July 20, 2019
In October 2012, the global financial system got its first taste of the effects of climate change when Hurricane Sandy roared through lower Manhattan, shutting
Which is worse? Germany divided
July 18, 2019
This year is both the 70th anniversary of the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany and the 30th anniversary of the fall of the
Christine Lagarde Won, but This Isn’t a Game
July 3, 2019
The haggling over the European Union’s top jobs has been a remarkable drama. The effort by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to broker a deal for
Europe’s Coal Problem
June 10, 2019
The European Union likes to pose as a leader on environmental politics, but when it comes to climate policy Europe has a skeleton in its
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