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Markus Brunnermeier

Markus Brunnermeier

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Markus Brunnermeier is Professor of Economics and Director of the Bendheim Center for Finance at Princeton University.

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  1. Europe's Moral Obligation to Boycott Russian Energy
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    Europe's Moral Obligation to Boycott Russian Energy

    Mar 23, 2022 Harold James, et al. think the European Union's credibility as an exponent of soft power is facing the ultimate test in Ukraine.

  2. Who’s Right on Inflation?
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    Who’s Right on Inflation?

    Mar 1, 2021 Harold James, et al. show that the brewing debate about the threat of unanchored expectations is falling into a familiar pattern.

  3. Development Zones for Syrian Refugees
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    Development Zones for Syrian Refugees

    Dec 7, 2015 Markus Brunnermeier, et al. propose EU-funded facilities that would offer economic opportunities in neighboring countries.

  4. Making Sense of the Swiss Shock
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    Making Sense of the Swiss Shock

    Jan 17, 2015 Markus Brunnermeier & Harold James apply some historical lessons to Switzerland's abrupt decision to abandon the franc's euro peg.

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    How Not to Respond to Trump’s Tariffs

    Dani Rodrik advises America’s trade partners not to embrace retaliation, because that would harm mainly themselves.
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    Europe Found Its Values and Lost Its Way

    Jean-Pierre Landau

    European integration – and the stability and prosperity it supports – has always depended on a pragmatic, incremental approach. If the EU is to navigate today’s challenging geopolitical environment, it must again embrace this approach, rather than continue to allow high-level principles to dictate policy.

     warns that the EU’s focus on high-level principles is undermining its economic dynamism and global influence.
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    The Crisis in Western AI Is Real

    Charles Ferguson

    Given the risks involved in the race for AI dominance, maintaining a strong lead within democratic advanced economies justifies a public-private strategic mobilization on the scale of the Manhattan Project. Yet the West is doing the opposite, largely owing to its own AI industry’s arrogance, shortsightedness, and greed.

     thinks the US industry bears a considerable share of the blame for China’s DeepSeek breakthrough.
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    “America First” in Action

    Peter Singer assesses the damage Donald Trump has already done to long-term US interests since returning to the White House.
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    Technofeudalism Is War’s Handmaiden

    Yanis Varoufakis explains how the rise of cloud capital is steering the world toward well-known strategic traps.
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    The Positive Case for Negative Rates

    Willem H. Buiter & Ebrahim Rahbari see the widely scorned monetary-policy tool as a necessary option in the absence of fiscal alternatives.
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    Will DeepSeek Upend US Tech Dominance?

    Angela Huyue Zhang says the firm’s disruption of the AI industry is about market – not great-power – competition.
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    Breaking US Democracy Beyond Repair

    Ian Buruma warns that Donald Trump’s efforts to tear down America’s “civic religion” will be difficult to reverse.
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    Can the Liberal International Order Survive Without America?

    Chris Patten urges Western countries to safeguard the institutions that have underpinned their postwar stability.

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