This book is a critical review of current fiscal and monetary policy in Europe and presents results of both empirical research and a discussion of the theoretical framework behind the policy of the European Central Bank and the Stability and Growth Pact. Macroeconomic policy is often hotly...

A roadmap to "rethinking macro" / Olivier Blanchard and Rafael Portillo -- Debt supercycle not secular stagnation / Kenneth Rogoff -- Rethinking secular stagnation after seventeen months / Lawrence Summers -- Systemic risk and financial regulation -- A note from the session on systemic risk and...