“不能永续的事物终将停止”
William White | 21 June 2021
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Resilience 这个著名的言论来自于赫伯特 • 斯坦， 美国企业研究所的资深研究员。这句话之所以家喻户晓是因为其道理显而易见。然而，人们常常忽略，公共政策通常建立在一个截然不同的假设上，即未来可看做是现在的延续。这令人深感遗憾，因为人类未来所依赖的许多极为重要的系统正在以一种不可持续的方式演化着，并面临着终止的风险。全球的经济、政治、环境健康系统都承受着巨大的压力，也显示出崩溃的迹象。
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“If Something Cannot Go on Forever, It Will Stop“
William White | 1 April 2021
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Monetary,
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Debt,
Democracy,
Environment,
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Health Systems,
Inequality,
International Cooperation,
Resilience “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” This famous observation was made by Herb Stein, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. It became famous largely because it was just that, obvious. Yet, what is no less obvious is that public policy is
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Avoiding a Household Debt Crisis with a Targeted Policy Response
Gudrun Johnsen | 8 January 2021
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Fiscal | Tags:
Covid-19,
Debt,
Income Tax,
Unemployment The economic effect of the Covid-19 pandemic varies highly across industrial sectors, education levels and income groups, adding further to inequality across the globe. This calls for highly targeted policy responses for the sake of fiscal prudence and to avoid further economic and financial hardship
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COVID-19 and Inequality: The Urgent Need for Tax Expenditure Reform
Rita de la Feria and
Agustin Redonda | 24 November 2020
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Fiscal | Tags:
Covid-19,
Inequality,
Tax Expenditures,
Tax Reform The economic impact of COVID-19 is both unprecedented and far-reaching. There is now little doubt that the pandemic will disproportionally hit the worse-off, hence exacerbating inequality. It is also clear that the pandemic is particularly affecting groups and sectors that were already under significant stress
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COVID-19 and Seizing the Opportunity for Reforming Tax Expenditures in Africa
Agustin Redonda and
Sanjeev Gupta | 27 July 2020
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Fiscal | Tags:
Covid-19,
Domestic Revenue Mobilization,
Tax Expenditures The resources needed for financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are estimated at USD 2.5 – 3 trillion per year. According to the IMF, low-income countries (LIC) will need, on average, additional resources amounting to 15.4% of GDP to finance the SDGs in education, health,
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