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Meg Lundsager: A Stronger IMF Will Bolster the US Recovery All indications are that global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will be a daunting challenge. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is already stepping up to help emerging markets and developing countries by approving several emergency loans.	Sun, Apr 12, 2020	The Hill
William Rhodes and Stuart Mackintosh: Recovery Requires Greater Cooperation: Come Together The coronavirus threatens thousands, possibly millions of lives across the globe. It is first and foremost a health crisis and the disease must be beaten, and the curve of Covid-19’s spread must be flattened for our lives to return to something approaching normalcy.	Tue, Apr 7, 2020	Reuters
Beverly Barrett: A Call for Institutional Entrepreneurship Beverly Barrett, PhD is policy program advisor and economics faculty at the University of St. Thomas, Houston. Dr. Barrett is the author of Globalization and Change in Higher Education: The Political Economy of Policy Reform in Europe (Palgrave Macmillan). You may email her at [email protected]. This blog is a part of special series on the coronavirus.	Wed, Apr 8, 2020	Bretton Woods Committee
Mark R. Yzaguirre: Fragmentation and Resiliency Will Be the Centerpieces of the International Order Mark R. Yzaguirre is Senior Associate General Counsel and Associate Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs at the University of Houston. Opinions solely his own. This blog is part of a special series on the coronavirus.	Mon, Apr 6, 2020	Bretton Woods Committee
Daniel Yergin: The Oil Collapse: A Pandemic and a Price War Have Together Brought Energy Markets to a Crisis The global oil market has never in history collapsed as precipitously as it has right now. The oil and gas industry, which provides almost 60 percent of the world’s energy, is engulfed in a double crisis that would have been dismissed as unthinkable at the start of this year.	Thu, Apr 2, 2020	Foreign Affairs
Bessma Momani: Hungary’s Viktor Orban is Using the Coronavirus to Push his Populist-Nationalist Agenda Undoubtedly the coronavirus will bring transformational change to all aspects of our lives, but the impact on global politics will be dire. This week we got a glimpse into how populist-nationalist governments, which continue to be on the rise, will respond to the pandemic.	Fri, Apr 3, 2020	The Globe and Mail
Diana Farrell: The Potential Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Families, Small Businesses, and Communities Diana Farrell, Fiona Greig, and Chris Wheat give insights from five years of big data research.	Tue, Mar 31, 2020	JPMorgan Chase Institute
Gary Kleiman: New Emerging Market Contagion Shakes Investor Complacency Gary Kleiman is a recognized expert in the field of global emerging economies and financial markets. This blog is part of a special series on the coronavirus.	Thu, Mar 26, 2020	Bretton Woods Committee
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
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