Karl Pichelmann
Fasten your seatbelts: Trump 2.0 unleashed
The Bureau conversation discussed the outcome of the US presidential elections and the likely political and economic implications of...
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Karl Pichelmann
Policy Pivot, Rising Threats: The IMF World Economic Outlook
The Bureau conversation discussed the IMF World Economic Outlook released on October 22. In a nutshell, the global battle against...
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A new Rodrik Trilemma haunting the global economy?
The Bureau conversation discussed the spectre of a new trilemma haunting the world economy as put forward by Dani Rodrik in a recent...
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The revival of interventionist economic policies: a farewell to the neoliberal era?
The Bureau conversation examined the implications of the recent widespread embrace of industrial policies, tariffs, and subsidies, and...
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United in Diversity!?
Perennial tensions in the EU integration process. This lecture given at the University of Economics in Vienna offers a whirlwind tour of...
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The new EU fiscal framework: a typical compromise deal
The envisaged reform of the fiscal rules gives EU Member States greater independence on agreeing debt and deficit plans with the European...
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A perspective on labour market developments
A contribution (in German) to a book on social democratic positions and perspectives. Arbeitsmärkte im Spannungsfeld demographischer,...
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Devil takes the hindmost? A banking crisis déjà vu.
The Bureau conversation took up the current turmoil in the banking sector looking into the causes and origins of recent bank failures,...
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Settling for "a new macroeconomic normal"?
The Bureau conversation discussed the likely features of "a new macroeconomic normal" following the inflationary shock in the wake of the...
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Record low unemployment: a seismic shift in labour markets?
Participants in the Bureau conversation discussed recent developments in the labour market and medium-term prospects, with some...
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"Gear up for a loss of at least 5% in material consumption!"
The Bureau conversation centred around the contention of an inexorable decline in domestic material consumption possibilities in the...
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An inevitable recession ahead?
The first Bureau conversation after the summer break took the form of an economic tour d´horizon. The lead speaker alluded to the...
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The spectre of stagflation
Once again, the world economy is haunted by the spectre of stagflation – the possible return of simultaneous high inflation and...
Karl Pichelmann
European integration and populism
EU institutions and policy settings have been prone to populist attack from both the purely economic and the more cultural ‘nativist...
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The economic consequences of Putin´s war
The conversation served to provide a quick interim assessment of the economic consequences of Putin´s war. Deploring the escalating human...
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Inflation expectations reconsidered: just stay calm?
The conversation was overshadowed by the events unfolding in the Ukraine being attacked by Russian military forces. While it is probably...
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Returning to a "new normal": Revising the EU fiscal rulebook
Starting from the freshly published Policy Brief by the Bureau´s Chief Economist, participants discussed possible contours of a revised...
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Income distribution and redistribution in the EU
These presentation slides, prepared for a lecture at the University of Economics in Vienna, provide (i) an overview of income...
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Cold turkey ahead?
In this conversation, participants discussed whether economies currently running on the steroids of extraordinarily expansionary monetary...
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Re-opening boom or post-pandemic blues?
BfEI conversation #1: executive summary The conversation took the Commission´s Spring Forecast 2021 as the starting point for a debate...
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