Mapping out the post COVID-19 recovery. COVID-19 has triggered a severe recession and policymakers in European Union countries are providing generous, largely indiscriminate, support to companies. As the recession gets d...
A conversation with Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore, on how this city-state has tackled the coronavirus. Faced with the COVID-19 outbreak, governments have needed to act swiftly to comb...
COVID-19 has triggered a severe recession and policymakers in European Union countries are providing generous, largely indiscriminate, support to companies. As the recession gets deeper, a more comprehensive strategy is ...
my interview in Bruegel’s newsletter. What are the implications of the Karlsruhe ruling on the European economy? At its core, the ruling puts into question whether the Court of Justice of the European Union has the...
This op-ed was first published in NZZ. Die Coronavirus Pandemie und die Maßnahmen zu ihrer Bekämpfung haben zu dem größten weltweiten Wirtschaftsabschwung seit dem zweiten Weltkrieg geführt. Unternehmen, private Haushal...
The German Constitutional called today on the ECB to justify its bond-buying program. What does today’s ruling of the German Constitutional Court mean for the ECB’s QE program? Could such a decision open a pr...
Emerging market economies are vulnerable to the current COVID-19 pandemic. How can developed countries help tackle the issue? Is international cooperation more needed than ever? This week, Giuseppe Porcaro and Guntram Wo...
European Union debt can provide comprehensive insurance against the COVID-19 pandemic and can enable a macroeconomic response, even though EU debt is a liability for taxpayers in EU countries and therefore indirectly for...