We present a model of optimal government policy when policy choices may exacerbate socio-political instability (SPI). We show that optimal policy that takes into account SPI transforms a standard concave growth model into a model with both a poverty trap and endogenous growth. The resulting...

We present a model of optimal government policy when policy choices may exacerbate socio-political instability (SPI). We show that optimal policy that takes into account SPI transforms a standard concave growth model into a model with both a poverty trap and endogenous growth. The resulting...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Keynote: The G-20 since 2008: Some reflections on the experience and the road ahead -- Part I: Eurozone Crisis: Short-Run Challenges and Options -- Chapter 3. Overcoming the Euro Area Crisis: Reforms and Results -- Chapter 4. Predicting the Euro: A...

The contributions to this volume offer an insight into the way that economists analyse the causes of money (mis)management in the US, Latin America, Europe and Japan, and prescribe stabilizing reforms. The mechanisms that link monetary policy - including foreign exchange regimes and the...