Jackson Hole 2023: Messages for Ukraine
Central bankers from all over the world come to Jackson Hole to discuss challenges, brainstorm next steps, and provide guidance on future policies. What were
Publications
How Berkeley Haas professor Anastassia Fedyk has used economic expertise and AI-driven aid to help Ukraine
Fedyk didn’t stop there. She teamed up with her husband, James Hodson, to launch LifeForce, a platform that takes an economics-based approach to humanitarian aid. Rather
A Recipe for World Peace
The EU has refused to immediately and fully embargo Russian oil and gas purchases out of fear that it would throw the continent into an industrially-led recession, or would cause a much larger spike in prices. These arguments do not reflect the reality of supply-side elasticity in the oil and gas markets, and ignore the enormous costs that we are paying already as a result of the purchases of oil and gas from Russia
The Ukraine-Russia Culture War
One day, Russia may indeed become a genuine democracy where imperialist aggression is unthinkable. For now, the reality is different: Putin is an organic product
Democracies must help Ukraine to win the war and isolate Russia to make the world a safer place for our grandchildren
Western support to Ukraine has been too small and too late. This has allowed Russian troops to kill and rape Ukrainians. Amidst the mainstream expectations
Russia’s Opposition Leaders Are Irrelevant to Ukraine
Since Russian opposition parties’ immediate political goals have nothing to do with Ukraine’s fight for survival, Ukrainians understandably object to attempts to tie the two
Despotism strikes back: why the free world needs to defeat Russia
The Russian attack on Ukraine rekindled debates about pros and cons of various economic and political models. Do we need a concentration of economic and
The peace dividend can be saved in Ukraine
The Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 brought back the spectre of a nuclear war, WWIII, and other potential horrors. Announcing the attack,