economics


Nobel prize for banking and finance long overdue

The 2022 Nobel prize in economics went to three scholars – one of them a former Chairman of the Fed – who study banking crises and their real-economy repercussions. Professor Thorsten Beck, Director of the Florence School of Banking and Finance, explains why their insights remain critical for policymakers today.

Economic policies for the aftermath of COVID-19

George Papaconstantinou and Sebastian Diessner lay out key take-aways from a high-level discussion on economic policies in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

EU and Covid-19: Time to think outside the box

If European leaders are to save the EU economy when they meet on April 23rd, they need to think outside the box.

Stopping COVID-19 without killing the world economy: a transition strategy

The world economy cannot survive the current social distancing for more than a few weeks. Read what these experts propose as a viable transition strategy to move the economy forward while containing COVID-19 as much as possible.