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    Good statistics are crucial amid the pandemic

    Oped, Jeffrey Frankel, Published on 05/06/2021

    » 'There are three kinds of lies," Mark Twain famously wrote. "Lies, damned lies, and statistics." Too often, the Covid-19 crisis has lent support to the suspicions Twain's bon mot expresses.

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    International trade: Is it a help or a hindrance?

    Oped, Jeffrey Frankel, Published on 22/06/2022

    » Leading economies have been afflicted with new problems over the past year. The United States is struggling with both supply-chain blockages and a critical shortage of baby formula. The European Union faces the threat of scarce energy supplies, owing to sanctions on Russian fossil-fuel exports. And almost all countries are experiencing high inflation.

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    The G20's coronavirus agenda

    Oped, Jeffrey Frankel, Published on 27/08/2021

    » Finance ministers, central bank governors, and political leaders are hard at work preparing for the 2021 G20 Heads of State and Government Summit in Rome on Oct 30-31. With the Covid-19 pandemic stretching well into its second year, the meeting will come at a time of heightened uncertainty about public health and the global economy. And though the mechanisms of international cooperation have been weakened by the pandemic and remain bruised by former US President Donald Trump's legacy, they are more important than ever.

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    Terms which misdefined 2020

    Oped, Jeffrey Frankel, Published on 01/01/2021

    » US President Donald Trump and the Covid-19 pandemic dominated the news headlines in 2020. Three terms, in particular, came to symbolise the year: "witch hunt", "black swan" and "exponential".

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    The connection between Covid-19 and climate

    Oped, Jeffrey Frankel, Published on 02/10/2020

    » From early on in the Covid-19 pandemic, a common refrain has been, "At least maybe now we will get serious about addressing climate change." One can certainly see the logic behind this thinking. The terrible toll the pandemic has taken should remind us of the importance of three things that are also necessary to tackle global warming: science, public policy, and international cooperation.

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