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Warren Coats: Covid-19: What should Uncle Sam do? Dr. Coats (Ph.D. U of Chicago) retired from the IMF in 2003 as Assistant Director of Monetary and Exchange Department having joined the institution in 1975. This blog is part of a special series on the coronavirus.	Wed, Mar 25, 2020	Bretton Woods Committee
Mohamed A. El-Erian: The Coming Coronavirus Recession The global economy will go into recession this year. The downturn will be sudden and sharp. And although a constructive response from policymakers, companies, and households could limit its duration, its effects will be felt for decades to come.	Tue, Mar 17, 2020	Foreign Affairs
Rachel Wolfson: Sheila Warren: Blockchain Awareness Growing - but Still Needs 3 Things Speaking at the Hyperledger Global Forum 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona, the World Economic Forum’s head of blockchain and data policy, Sheila Warren, discussed blockchain’s potential to solve real-world problems.	Thu, Mar 5, 2020	Cointelegraph
Nouriel Roubini: Markets are Too Complacent About Coronavirus Despite Sell-off Investors are deluding themselves about how severe the coronavirus outbreak will be. Despite this week’s big sell-off in equity markets, the worst is yet to come. Until this week, the market reaction to the virus had been mild — after a dip in late January, US and global equities rallied to new highs. This complacency was based on a number of flawed assumptions.	Tue, Feb 25, 2020	Financial Times
Barbara C. Matthews: How the Transatlantic Trade Agenda Can Get Its Groove Back in 2020 EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald J. Trump articulated an ambitious—and familiar—trade policy agenda in Davos on January 21. Once again, Brussels and Washington will attempt to negotiate a bilateral free trade deal.	Mon, Jan 27, 2020	Bretton Woods Committee
C. Randall Henning: Regional Financial Arrangements and the International Monetary Fund: Sustaining Coherence in Global Financial Governance Cooperation and competition among regional financial arrangements (RFAs) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) increasingly determine the effectiveness of the global financial safety net (GFSN), which many observers fear is becoming fragmented.	Thu, Jan 9, 2020	Centre for International Governance Innovation
George Soros: ‘Inside Philanthropy’ Names George Soros Philanthropist of the Year In 2017, Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, passed a law banning foreign-registered universities that do not offer courses in their home country, a move that seemed to target George Soros’s Central Europe University (CEU).	Fri, Jan 3, 2020	Barron’s Penta
William Rhodes: China’s impending Minsky moment Two years ago, Zhou Xiaochuan, then China’s central bank governor, told a press conference at the 19th Communist party Congress in Beijing that too many procyclical factors in the economy and excessive optimism risked generating “accumulating contradictions that could lead to the so-called Minsky moment”.	Sun, Dec 29, 2019	Financial Times
Dambisa Moyo: Are Businesses Ready for Deglobalization? As we enter a new decade, characterized by rising economic complexity and geopolitical divisions — U.S.-China tensions, populism and nationalism in Europe, and the looming risk of a global recession	Fri, Dec 6, 2019	Harvard Business Review
Sultan Meghji: Fintech startup adds more execs, formally launches banking platform St. Louis-based Neocova announced Tuesday the “official launch” of its core banking platform, marking another step in the startup’s rapid growth this year.	Sat, Nov 23, 2019	St. Louis Business Journal