The world economy is going through its biggest transformation in a relatively short space time. There have been many explanations for this phenomenon but the unprecedented scale and pace of this change and, most crucially, its implications, still seems little understood. In turn, there has been...

During the 2008 financial crisis, the G20 was hastily elevated to 'global economic steering committee'. In the early stages of the crisis, the G20 was an effective forum for crisis containment. As the crisis has eased, however, the G20 has lost both direction and momentum. Governments and...

Am 18. und 19. März 2004 findet in der britischen Botschaft in Berlin die diesjährige »CESifo International Spring Conference« statt. Am ersten Tag werden die wirtschaftlichen Perspektiven wichtiger Weltregionen im Frühjahr 2004 behandelt. Im Mittelpunkt des zweiten Tages steht die...

The world economy is going through its biggest transformation in a relatively short space time. There have been many explanations for this phenomenon but the unprecedented scale and pace of this change and, most crucially, its implications, still seems little understood. In turn, there has been...

During the 2008 financial crisis, the G20 was hastily elevated to 'global economic steering committee'. In the early stages of the crisis, the G20 was an effective forum for crisis containment. As the crisis has eased, however, the G20 has lost both direction and momentum. Governments and...

Am 18. und 19. März 2004 findet in der britischen Botschaft in Berlin die diesjährige »CESifo International Spring Conference« statt. Am ersten Tag werden die wirtschaftlichen Perspektiven wichtiger Weltregionen im Frühjahr 2004 behandelt. Im Mittelpunkt des zweiten Tages steht die...