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Roger E.A. Farmer

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Roger E. A. Farmer is Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Economics at UCLA, Management team and Hub Leader for Rebuilding Macroeconomics, and the author of Prosperity for All: How to Prevent Financial Crises.

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  1. Why We Need More Economists
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    Why We Need More Economists

    Oct 8, 2019 Roger E.A. Farmer defends the dismal science's track record of designing policies to promote growth and reduce poverty.

  2. Central Banking’s Bankrupt Narrative
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    Central Banking’s Bankrupt Narrative

    Sep 3, 2019 Roger E.A. Farmer thinks current economic conditions have exposed fundamental flaws in the theory driving monetary-policy decisions.

  3. Paying for the Welfare State Without Raising Taxes
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    Paying for the Welfare State Without Raising Taxes

    Jun 13, 2019 Roger E.A. Farmer urges national treasuries to establish new investment funds to help finance governments' social programs.

  4. Secular Stagnation Revisited
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    Secular Stagnation Revisited

    Sep 4, 2018 Roger E.A. Farmer weighs in on the debate between Joseph Stiglitz and Lawrence Summers about the response to the 2008 crisis.

  5. Equality for All?
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    Equality for All?

    Aug 9, 2018 Roger E.A. Farmer warns Western elites not to put lofty global ideals ahead of domestic constituencies.

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    A Westless World

    Tobias Bunde reflects on this year's Munich Security Conference and America's break from the transatlantic alliance.
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    Germany’s Last-Chance Election

    Michael Bröning

    With German voters clearly demanding comprehensive change, the far right has been capitalizing on the public's discontent and benefiting from broader global political trends. If the country's democratic parties cannot deliver, they may soon find that they are no longer the mainstream.

     explains why the outcome may decide whether the political “firewall” against the far right can hold.
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    The Only Path to Genuine Peace in Ukraine

    Nicu Popescu

    The Russian and (now) American vision of "peace" in Ukraine would be no peace at all. The immediate task for Europe is not only to navigate Donald’s Trump unilateral pursuit of a settlement, but also to ensure that any deal does not increase the likelihood of an even wider war.

     sees a Korea-style armistice with security guarantees as the only viable option in Ukraine.
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    Meltdown at the Top of the World

    Masatsugu Asakawa urges development banks to act urgently to avert the catastrophic effects of the Himalayas’ thawing glaciers.
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    The Economic Consequences of Trump’s Ukrainian Peace

    Gene Frieda

    Rather than engage in lengthy discussions to pry concessions from Russia, US President Donald Trump seems committed to giving the Kremlin whatever it wants to end the Ukraine war. But rewarding the aggressor and punishing the victim would amount to setting the stage for the next war.

     warns that by punishing the victim, the US is setting up Europe for another war.
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    There Goes America

    Within his first month back in the White House, Donald Trump has upended US foreign policy and launched an all-out assault on the country’s constitutional order. With US institutions bowing or buckling as the administration takes executive power to unprecedented extremes, the establishment of an authoritarian regime cannot be ruled out.

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    In AI We Trust?

    William H. Janeway

    The rapid advance of AI might create the illusion that we have created a form of algorithmic intelligence capable of understanding us as deeply as we understand one another. But these systems will always lack the essential qualities of human intelligence.

     explains why even cutting-edge innovations are not immune to the world’s inherent unpredictability.
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    How Trump Can Achieve Sustained Growth

    Michael R. Strain foresees the US president building on a strong economy, so long as he steers clear of populist policies.
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    Europe Alone

    Daniela Schwarzer explains what the European Union must do now that America has walked away from the transatlantic relationship.

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