Bailout

President Biden's infrastructure plan is rife with opportunities for earmarked pork-barrel projects and crony capitalist corporate welfare. A column by Michael J. Boskin.

If the economy recovers and fiscal stimulus turbocharges pent-up demand, price growth will begin to accelerate, and the ECB will have a very hard time curbing it. A column by Hans-Werner Sinn.

Die Themen: Stadler Rail in Kasachstan, Roche zu Unrecht ungeliebt, Pfusch bei Implenia, SoftwareOne in Sippenhaft und Bär sendet Collardi-Signal.

Die Spannungen zwischen den Supermächten USA und China dehnen sich auf den Finanzsektor aus. Das trifft bereits angeschlagene Banken im Reich der Mitte.

The Belarusian economy cries out for liberalization and privatization, and it has the basic ingredients for launching such a process. Belarus has many assets. A column by Anders Aslund.

Der stv. US-Finanzminister Justin Muzinich könnte vom Konjunkturprogramm profitieren. Daraus sollte ihm kein Strick gedreht werden. Ein Kommentar von FuW-Redaktor Alexander Trentin.

To exit the Coronavirus-crisis, it should be a policy priority to keep people attached to the labor force. But these concerns are almost inexistent in the current political discourse. A column by Fabrizio Zilibotti.

Daniel Kalt, UBS-Chefökonom und CIO Schweiz, stellt der Schweizer Politik in der Krise gute Noten aus, sieht aber grosse Gefahren für die Altersvorsorge.

Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser at Allianz, worries about the structural damage the current crisis might inflict.

Given how extensive government interventions are likely to be this time around, it is critical that policymakers also recognize the limits of their interventions. A column by Mohamed A. El-Erian.