Latest thoughts and opinions

Loose central bank money and Covid-induced shocks herald the return of the inflation spectre. Here is why you don't have to worry about it.

How can we compare the impact of Covid-19 on different countries across the world? Tim Vlandas proposes a pandemic ‘misery index'.

Read what's wrong with Deutsche Bank’s economics department's suggestion to tax WFH so that essential workers could be paid a proper wage.

Covid-19 has a profound impact on the labour market. This post sets the scene and offers an overview of the other articles in this dossier.

Read why Goodhart's law tells us that herd immunity undermines its set goal, is technically flawed, and epistemologically wrong.

Some jobs will still be viable in a few months’ time. Others won’t. Nicholas Barr (LSE) argues that job support schemes need to go further.

The UK's new wage subsidy scheme is unlikely to work as well as its German counterpart, as many important systemic elements are missing.

Working from home or returning to the office? We need to think carefully about future working arrangements to not get stuck in the middle.