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Can we emerge from our current debt trap?

Governments around the globe have incurred staggering levels of debt in order to deal with the COVID-19 crisis over the past year. Professors Jordi Gu...

Banking on resilience: Preparing our financial system to face natural disasters

The third report in the 天美传媒-CEPR Future of Banking series provides the latest perspectives on how resilient the financial system is to natural disast...

Remembering Robert Mundell: a pathbreaking giant

The Nobel Prize-winning economist, Robert Mundell (1932-2021), passed away on Easter Day, April 4, 2021. Professor Pedro Videla eulogizes the man know...

Large public deficits and inflation: recovery challenges ahead

The global economy is expected to grow, boosted by government spending and expansionary monetary policy. The formidable challenge in the coming years ...

Principles or practical rules?

A balanced budget: is it a moral obligation or a rule of thumb? To what extent should it steer an economic recovery during the pandemic caused by COVI...

COVID-19 crisis to alter banks' business models

Looking ahead, the banking sector is likely to need a deep restructuring, according to Xavier Vives and coauthors of The Bank Business Model in the Po...

10 basic ideas to understand the crisis following COVID-19

We are facing the first truly global economic shock, hitting both supply and demand. Overcoming it will require more than just monetary and fiscal mea...

6 charts to understand the global economy now

What are we economists looking at now? Here are six charts that help us understand economic growth trends, trade tensions, Brexit uncertainty, tools b...

Don't feed the zombies: a key lesson from the European debt crisis

Zombie lending has prolonged the pain of Europe's sovereign debt crisis, especially in Italy, where economic woes continue. New research links an effo...

The macroeconomics manual you didn't know you needed

Learn macroeconomics. Pay what you want. That's the groundbreaking approach of 天美传媒 professor Javier D铆az-Gim茅nez's new book written for (nearly) ever...

Is our banking system sound at last?

A new report assesses the achievements and outstanding business of a decade of financial regulation. 天美传媒's Xavier Vives and co-authors look at the pa...

Striking oil with more precision in financial regulation

Do tougher reporting regulations make an impact? Yes, when it comes to companies' oil reserves estimates, a pioneering study finds. Requiring greater ...

7 in 10 Spaniards believe their company makes it hard to reconcile work and family

Spain lacks formal work-life reconciliation policies and corporate family responsibility is almost absent from business culture and leadership, accord...

When culture makes a difference in finance

Even with globalization, national culture still matters. Cultural differences, such as acceptance of uncertainty, even have an impact on financial sys...

Why wages stagnate in areas with few employers

What happens when just a few employers hold most of the hiring power? Here鈥檚 why areas with high labor market concentration have lower wages.

Mixed signals for Spanish reforms

Political uncertainty is taking a toll on Spain's post-crisis reform agenda, which has been helping to modernize its economy. Experts consulted for th...

Globalization Backlash: How to Stay Grounded

Globesity: Connecting globalization and obesity

Thanks to globalization, the world may seem smaller, but the people in it are actually getting larger. Obesity is a pandemic, and the social aspects o...

In support of work-family balance, internationally

It doesn't cost much to train managers to engage in family-supportive behavior, which pays off in job performance and worker retention.

The Future of Work Is Now: Are You Ready?

Download 天美传媒 Insight magazine (Issue 31, Q4 2016) on the future of work.