CBDCs: Payments Revolution or Financial Control?
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is the digital form of government-issued currency that is not pegged to any physical commodity.…
Low-income countries: falling into a debt trap
Nowadays more and more impoverished countries find themselves unable to repay their public debt. Nine low-income economies such as Zambia,…
La transizione energetica tra economica e conflitti geopolitici
L’emergenza climatica si sta facendo sempre più evidente, ma questo non sembra né velocizzare i tempi di riconversione né indirizzare…
The hidden truths of climate activism
“We are facing an existential threat”. This is how the UN Environment programme presentation starts. We are told every day…
Argentina: The bizarre exchange rate
In Argentina, it is hard to perform a seemingly trivial task: determine the value of the US dollar in the…
Why should inequality matter to YOU?
Climate change will increase inequality across and within countries and there is little to argue for. Inequality has been a…
US Monetary Policy Spillovers on Emerging Market Economies
Global monetary policy has evolved drastically over the last century. At the start of the 20th century, the global monetary…
How to properly legalize cannabis?
The Socio-Economic mechanisms of cannabis legalization The last decade brought a lot to liberalization of the view on marijuana around…
The new reality of global supply chains
The Covid-19 pandemic, amongst its many effects, has brought the issue of global supply chains to the forefront of current…
A trip into the economics of psychedelics
With a majority of standard treatments being proved rather ineffective in the treatment of mental health disorders and drug addiction,…