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Monday 28/May/2018 15:04 PM

Should economists make moral judgments?

I recently attended a PhD seminar in labour economics at the Central European University in Budapest. In it, we considered whether the Hungarian...

Monday 28/May/2018 14:50 PM

The coming wave of climate displacement

Governments around the world are engaged in a series of talks that could fundamentally alter how the movement of people across borders is managed. One...

Monday 28/May/2018 14:31 PM

The perils of European deposit insurance

Discussions are now underway to establish a system of joint deposit insurance for eurozone banks. Proponents of the scheme, with the European Commission and...

Sunday 27/May/2018 14:24 PM

The value of measuring financial inclusion

In modern economics, the interaction between supply and demand with regard to goods and services is well understood, thanks to the pioneering work of the...