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Daniel Gros

Daniel Gros

Writing for PS since 2005
176 commentaries

Daniel Gros is Director of the Institute for European Policy-Making at Bocconi University.

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  1. The Real Problem with China’s Economy
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    The Real Problem with China’s Economy

    Sep 11, 2023 Daniel Gros examines the likely impact of the country’s excess savings at a time of declining investment.

  2. The Real Inflation Culprits
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    The Real Inflation Culprits

    Aug 7, 2023 Daniel Gros blames central-bank asset purchases for a significant share of recent price growth in the US and Europe.

  3. A Trade Policy for the Middle Class Will Not Save US Manufacturing
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    A Trade Policy for the Middle Class Will Not Save US Manufacturing

    Jul 11, 2023 Daniel Gros explains why Chinese imported goods are not to blame for the hollowing out of America’s industrial base.

  4. The Transatlantic Carbon-Pricing Clash
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    The Transatlantic Carbon-Pricing Clash

    Jun 6, 2023 Daniel Gros predicts that the opposing approaches taken by the US and the EU will lead to trade and political frictions.

  5. Turning the Corner on Inequality?
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    Turning the Corner on Inequality?

    May 11, 2023 Daniel Gros uses price and wage data to determine whether recent shocks have hit lower-income groups as hard as feared.

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    Christine Lagarde’s Gifts to Populists

    Yanis Varoufakis worries that the European Central Bank's blunders have revived the far right's political fortunes.
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    Bridging the Climate-Development Gap

    Dani Rodrik & Ishac Diwan explain how to free up fiscal space for sustainable development in many low- and middle-income countries.
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    Lower Transaction Costs for Greater Innovation

    Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng highlight the link between access to global markets and investment in research and development.
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    Ashoka Mody on Indian corruption, growth, jobs, and more

    Ashoka Mody explains the roots of the lack of accountability in India, highlights shortcomings in human capital and gender equality, casts doubt on the country’s ability to assume a Chinese-style role in manufacturing, and more.
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    Why India’s Women Are More Vulnerable to Disasters

    Joyita Roy Chowdhury & Prarthna Agarwal Goel call attention to gender inequalities that exacerbate the effects of floods and other natural catastrophes.
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    Europe in the Age of Industrial Policy

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    While China and the US take advantage of scale to pursue large-scale investment in critical sectors, the EU struggles to follow suit, owing to its decentralized fiscal structures and rules limiting government subsidies to industry. A new EU-level investment program is urgently needed.

    advocates a federal investment program, funded by EU sovereign-debt issuance and administered centrally.
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    Fixing Global Governance

    Gordon Brown explains how to make the G20 and the Bretton Woods institutions fit for purpose once again.
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    The EU Needs Fiscal Union

    Lucrezia Reichlin laments the pro-cyclical bent of the European Commission’s proposed reforms to fiscal rules.
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    The Roots of the Global Water Crisis

    Joshua Castellino explains why overhauling the current economic paradigm is crucial for preserving Earth’s natural systems.

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