This episode features Tim Phillips in conversation with Alfonso Merendino and Tommaso Monacelli on tariffs, uncertainty, and the exchange rate. Drawing on U.S. data, they discuss how unexpected tariff increases can trigger currency depreciation rather than the textbook appreciation, depending on whether markets see the tariffs as temporary or a lasting shift in trade policy.
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Fiscal Populism and Monetary Policy
This episode features Tim Phillips in conversation with Nicolás Magud and Martín Uribe on fiscal populism and monetary policy rules. They discuss how left-wing populist regimes have historically relied on central bank financing of deficits, fueling inflation, and that this legacy still shapes how inflation-targeting central banks set rates today.
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The Dollar Anchor Is Slipping
This episode features Tim Phillips in conversation with Tarek Hassan on openness, integration, and the international monetary order. They discuss how a currency’s safety premium depends as much on trade openness as on economic size, and that a large economy retreating from open trade risks losing its safe-haven status at great cost.
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Lessons from Populism in Latin America
This episode features Tim Phillips in conversation with Alejandro Werner on lessons from populism in Latin America. They discuss how that commodity windfalls have let populist governments stay in power longer while loosening institutional constraints, and that these booms tend to end in fiscal, balance-of-payments, and institutional crises.
2nd Economic Policy: Papers on European and Global Issues Conference
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The Summer 2026 conference took place in Venice.
2nd Economic Policy: Papers on European and Global Issues Conference
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The Summer 2026 conference took place in Venice.
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Sanctions and financial repression
Recorded at the inaugural Winter Conference of Economic Policy: Papers on European and Global Issues, this episode features Tim Phillips in conversation with Oleg Itskhoki on financial repression in times of crisis. Using Russia’s response to the 2022 sanctions as a case study, they show how tools such as capital controls and forced currency conversions stabilised the ruble and supported government financing. While effective in the short term, they argue that financial repression can become a broader temptation for governments facing high debt and fiscal pressure.
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What’s next for Ukraine: The labour market
Recorded at the inaugural Winter Conference of Economic Policy: Papers on European and Global Issues, this episode features Tim Phillips in conversation with Giacomo Anastasia on how Ukraine’s labour market has adapted during the war. Using a unique wartime dataset, they show that despite the loss of a large share of the workforce, matching efficiency declined only modestly. Firms adapted by hiring more women, older workers and people with disabilities, and by expanding remote work. The challenge ahead will be sustaining this resilience while reintegrating returning soldiers and addressing disrupted education.
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What’s next for Ukraine: Reconstruction
Recorded at the inaugural Winter Conference of Economic Policy: Papers on European and Global Issues, this episode features Tim Phillips in conversation with Edward Glaeser, Martina Kirchberger and Andrii Parkhomenko on Ukraine’s post-war urban reconstruction. They argue that the goal should not be to rebuild the past, but to support long-term economic transformation. Drawing lessons from post-war Tokyo, they propose a decentralised, bottom-up approach that empowers local communities and enables cities to adapt to new economic realities.
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What’s next for Ukraine: Investment
Recorded at the inaugural Winter Conference of Economic Policy: Papers on European and Global Issues, this episode features Tim Phillips in conversation with Yuriy Gorodnichenko and Maurice Obstfeld on Ukraine’s post-war economic future. They argue that restructuring — and in some cases forgiving — wartime debt will be crucial to attract private investment. The challenge, they contend, is not raising funds but directing them towards productive investment. Credible EU accession progress and secure borders would send a strong signal to investors.
1st Economic Policy: Papers on European and Global Issues Conference
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The winter 2025 conference took place in Paris.
1st Economic Policy: Papers on European and Global Issues Conference
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The winter 2025 conference took place in Paris.
80th Panel Meeting
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The summer 2025 Economic Policy Panel hybrid meeting took place in Venice.
80th Panel Meeting
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The summer 2025 Economic Policy Panel hybrid meeting took place in Venice.
79th Panel Meeting
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The spring 2024 Economic Policy Panel hybrid meeting took place in Brussels.
79th Panel Meeting
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The spring 2024 Economic Policy Panel hybrid meeting took place in Brussels.
79th Panel Meeting
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The invited policy session of the 79th Economic Policy panel meeting featured Daron Acemoglu of MIT presenting new analysis of claims about the supposedly large macroeconomic implications of advances in generative artificial intelligence. Using a task-based approach to assessing AI’s effects on productivity, his study concludes that the impact on GDP is likely to be modest.
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How quickly should we adopt AI?
VoxTalks Economics recorded at the 79th Economic Policy Panel Meeting
In the second of our podcasts recorded at the 79th EP Panel, Tim Phillips asks Joshua Gans of the University of Toronto what might happen if we pauseed AI adoption, and whether we should instead accelerate adoption of AI so that we can more quickly learn about its benefits and harms, and design better regulation as a result. Listen to the podcast and read more about Gans’ paper below.
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What will be the impact of AI on the labour market?
Two new papers presented at the panel meeting use the evidence from the early years of the 21st century to analyse who the winners and losers have been so far. Listen to the podcast and read more about the papers below.
78th Panel Meeting
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The autumn 2023 Economic Policy Panel hybrid meeting took place in Madrid.
78th Panel Meeting
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The autumn 2023 Economic Policy Panel hybrid meeting took place in Madrid.
78th Panel Meeting
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The invited policy session of the 78th Economic Policy panel meeting will feature Kenneth Rogoff of Harvard University presenting new evidence of China’s heavy reliance on real estate and infrastructure construction as a central part of its economic growth.
77th Panel Meeting
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The spring 2023 Economic Policy Panel hybrid meeting took place in Stockholm.
77th Panel Meeting
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The spring 2023 Economic Policy Panel hybrid meeting took place in Stockholm.
77th Panel Meeting
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The invited policy session of the 77th Economic Policy panel meeting featured Philippe Martin of Sciences Po and CEPR and Lionel Fontagne of Banque de France presenting new research on how firms respond to energy price shocks.
77th Panel Meeting
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76th Panel Meeting
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The autumn 2022 Economic Policy Panel hybrid meeting took place in Berlin.
76th Panel Meeting
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The autumn 2022 Economic Policy Panel hybrid meeting took place in Berlin.
76th Panel Meeting
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The invited policy session of the 76th Economic Policy panel meeting featured Ricardo Reis of the London School of Economics presenting new research on inflation in the Eurozone
75th Panel Meeting
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The Spring 2022 Economic Policy Panel Meeting was held in Paris.
75th Panel Meeting
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The Spring 2022 Economic Policy Panel Meeting was held in Paris.
75th Panel Meeting
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An online panel discussion on Covid, School Closures And Children’s Futures took place on the first day with a presentation by Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln
75th Panel Meeting
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74th Panel Meeting
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The Autumn 2021 Economic Policy Panel Meeting was held online.
74th Panel Meeting
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The Autumn 2021 Economic Policy Panel Meeting was held online.
74th Panel Meeting
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74th Panel Meeting
Markus Brunnermeier on the scope and limits of green finance and green monetary policy
73rd Panel Meeting
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The Spring 2021 Economic Policy Panel Meeting was held online.
73rd Panel Meeting
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The Spring 2021 Economic Policy Panel Meeting was held online.
73rd Panel Meeting
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Two new studies of the inequality effects of Covid-19 and potential policy responses were launched during the meeting.
73rd Panel Meeting
Gabriel Zucman on a new policy proposal for burden-sharing in the post-Covid world
72nd Panel Meeting
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At the 72nd Economic Policy Panel, an open policy panel took place with presentations by Olivier Blanchard and colleagues on their papers ‘Redesigning the EU Fiscal Rules: From Rules to Standards‘.
