The Financial Crisis of 2007-2009: Understanding Its Causes, Consequences—and Its Possible Cures

The Financial Crisis of 2007-2009: Understanding Its Causes, Consequences—and Its Possible Cures
J. Bradford DeLong
University of California at Berkeley and NBER

Pay less, get less: An economic assessment of post-2012 climate policy proposals

Pay less, get less: An economic assessment of post-2012 climate policy proposals
Valentina Bosetti Carlo Carraro Alessandra Sgobbi Massimo Tavoni
6 December 2008
Policymakers need to agree to the post-Kyoto climate architecture soon to implement it in 2012. Using a set of quantitative indicators, this column assesses a number of proposed international climate policy architectures and evaluates their economic efficiency, environmental effectiveness, distributional implications, and enforceability. Unfortunately, the most effective policies are the most costly and hardest to enforce.

The economic crisis, Doha completion, and protectionist pressure

The economic crisis, Doha completion, and protectionist pressure
Joseph Francois, 17 December 2008
The worry about protectionism should not be centred on completing the Doha Round. This column suggests 80% of world trade is locked-in under legally binding tariffs and the real worry is that of excessive use of antidumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard protection, misguided public subsidies, rising protection in the poorest countries, and temptation in the US Congress to violate existing treaty commitments.

A New Multilateral Trade Agenda

From Doha to the Next Bretton Woods
A New Multilateral Trade Agenda
Aaditya Mattoo and Arvind Subramanian
From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2009

Who Broke Global Finance, and Who Should Pay for It?

The Making of a Mess
Who Broke Global Finance, and Who Should Pay for It?
Harold James

From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2009