The protracted coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19) has claimed nearly 1.5 million lives in Latin America and the Caribbean and has generated more than 44 million confirmed cases since its emergence in the region in February 2020. The region accounts for nearly 20% of confirmed cases of...

OBJECTIVE: This chapter assesses the extent to which previous economic and financial crises had a negative impact on health outcomes and health financing. In addition, we review evidence related to the effectiveness of different policy measures undertaken in past crises to protect access to...

The paper surveys three economic history literatures that can speak to contemporary challenges to globalization: the literature on the anti-globalization backlash of the nineteenth century, focused largely on trade and migration; the literature on the Great Depression, focused largely on capital...

Wissenschaftler*innen aus Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen sowie Gewerkschaften veröffentlichen jährlich einen Bericht zu wichtigen wirtschaftspolitischen Themenbereichen, den sie als Alternative zum Herbstgutachten der sogenannten fünf Wirtschaftsweisen verstehen. Rezension (ekz):...

The coronavirus pandemic is bringing with it the prospect of severe financial and economic crises. The article investigates its economic consequences in terms of financial instability, economic recession, lower incomes and policy challenges at the national and European levels. What are some of...