This debate about UBI has recently come alive as governments have moved to deal with the asymmetric effects of COVID-19, with vulnerable groups being particularly…
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Andreas Bummel and Augusto Lopez-Claros1 More than half a century ago UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld said that “the United Nations was not created to bring…
The problem In a recent article in the journal Foreign Affairs Nobel-laurate William Nordhaus argues that although there is broad recognition that climate change is…
An important question COVID-19 has shown, particularly in the emerging markets and developing world, a whole range of vulnerabilities in the economies of these countries.…
What have we done so far and what are some of the early lessons? Some thoughts on these two vital questions follow. The crisis now…
The past few months have witnessed violent demonstrations in several Latin American countries, including Chile, the only country from the region (other than Mexico) to have…
Christine Lagarde, departing International Monetary Fund Managing Director With the forthcoming departure of Christine Lagarde to the European Central Bank, the IMF’s shareholders are considering…
Sean Illing of Vox (an American news and opinion website owned by Vox Media) interviews Augusto Lopez-Claros, November 5, 2018. The single greatest antidote to…
We live in an age in which truth and falsehood sometimes appear indistinguishable and can be disseminated with the speed of light.[1] They can also…
A friend of mine at the World Bank recently forwarded news of a seminar held at the IMF under the title of “Enlightening Economics.” I…