Simon Wren-Lewis: Which OECD country is the highest social spender?

So there is no hint of a return to the position that other central banks have taken. The Bank of Japan is firmly committed to providing ‘expansionary’ conditions to encourage growth in wages, which they […]

First it was capital controls (no one talks about the success of Iceland with this policy) that the IMF revised. Now it is  what the IMF refers to as “The policy that shall not be […]

‘Ursula von der Leyen has sought to slow down an official European Union report criticising Italy for eroding media freedoms, as she seeks Rome’s support for a second term as European Commission president.’ Just about […]