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  • 7 Oct 2016
    Christopher A. Hartwell

    Ukraine’s Economic Reform: Not Learning the Lessons of History

    Drawing on his extensive experience in transition economies, Christopher A. Hartwell explains the current economic divergence between Ukraine and Poland.

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  • 28 Sep 2016
    Bert A. Spector

    Let’s Not Waste a Great Opportunity

    With six weeks remaining until the U.S. Presidential Election, the race is locked in a virtual deadlock.  That fact, in and of itself, is pretty remarkable given that a woman is as likely to be the next president as a man.  I understand that readers in countries such as the UK and Germany will not find that […]

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  • 24 Aug 2016
    Bert A. Spector

    The Year of Magical (Leadership) Thinking

    Many commentators were stunned when, in his acceptance speech at the Republican national convention, Donald Trump insisted that “I alone” can fix the “crisis’ that besets the United States.  Things “will all change when I take office.” Although it isn’t easy or comfortable, let’s put aside for a moment the specifics of his indictment of […]

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  • 12 May 2016
    Susan Rose-Ackerman, Bonnie J. Palifka

    Fighting institutionalized corruption through sophisticated political-economic reform

    With all eyes on the Anti-Corruption Summit in London this week, Susan Rose-Ackerman and Bonnie J. Palifka, the authors of Corruption and Government, Second Edition, highlight the relevance of their work to two recent scandals: Petrobras and the Panama Papers.

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  • 10 May 2016
    Damian Chalmers

    Crisis and Adjusting to European Diversity

    If European integration is to endure successfully, there will have to be a number of changes. Damian Chalmers explores these.

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  • 7 Mar 2016
    Ancient coinage

    Head or Tails? A look at the coinage of the Ancient World

    Explore our timeline of coinage from the Ancient World, as we mark the launch of our new series in collaboration with the American Numismatic Society

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  • 19 Feb 2016
    Mulit-currencies notes and coins. Photo: epsoS.de via Creative Commons.
    Michel De Vroey

    The history of modern macroeconomics

    Author Michel De Vroey gives us an insight into his latest book A History of Macroeconomics from Keynes to Lucas and Beyond (2016).

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  • 22 Jan 2016
    Broken Piggybank. Photo: Jacob Edward via Creative Commons.
    Johan A. Lybeck

    Protecting our banks from the next financial crisis

    As a result of the recent financial crisis, a number of measures have been undertaken to make a repeat less likely and to facilitate recovery and resolution of failing banks should a (systemic) financial crisis nevertheless occur again. Foremost among measures to increase the resistance of banks to financial stress are the Basel III rules […]

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