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How serious is the universal basic income? Or the poverty of social science
Bob Hancké, PEACS 15 May 2025   Every few years the universal basic income (UBI) makes a reappearance in policy debates. The idea...
Bob Hancké
May 155 min read
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Why predictions of a dollar doomsday are wildly premature
Photis Lysandrou 8 May 2025 Â There is no question that Donald Trump's highly disruptive tariff policies have caused uncertainty to...
Bob Hancké
May 85 min read
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The imminent collapse of the US dollar
Bob Hanck é 6 May 2025 Over the last few weeks, I have read more than one column in the FT, NYT, Guardian and book reviews discussing the...
Bob Hancké
May 59 min read
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Of hawks and doves: Reflections on German’s new expansive fiscal policy
Bob Hancké 25 March 2025   Winston Churchill is supposed to have remarked that the Americans will always do the right thing – after...
Bob Hancké
Mar 254 min read
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14 Overcoming the political-economy bottlenecks to the green transition, Part 3
From green political-economy principles to practice  So, given all these ideas, what could a green policy look like in practice?...
Bob Hancké
Mar 216 min read
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13 Overcoming the political-economy bottlenecks to the green transition, Part 2
A green transition is a systemic transition  The public goods question that I discussed in the previous essay on how to think about...
Bob Hancké
Mar 188 min read
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