Commentary

PIIE's scholars draw on their research to provide commentary and analysis in a broad array of formats outside the Institute. Op-eds, testimony, speeches, and scholarly papers for other organizations all aim for the highest standards of objectivity, rigor and transparency required by the Institute for its own publications. Their writings are not intended to reflect an official view of the Institute or the views of members of the Institute's Board of Directors, and authors must adhere to strict standards of disclosure of any potential conflicts of interest.

Op-Eds

Ericsson Lawsuit Against Samsung Shows Why Reforming Trade Law is Critical

April 13, 2021
via Issues & Insights
Gary Clyde Hufbauer (PIIE)

Japan needs US to return to CPTPP to expand trade pact

Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE)

April 2, 2021
via Mainichi

The Post-Vaccine Risk Phase

Olivier Blanchard (PIIE) and Jean Pisani-Ferry (PIIE)

March 31, 2021
via Project Syndicate

How China Can Make Its Shrinking Workforce More Educated

Tianlei Huang (PIIE) and Nicholas R. Lardy (PIIE)

March 24, 2021
via Caixin Global

Testimonies

The State of US-China Relations Heading into 2021

January 28, 2021
The convening of a new Congress provides an opportunity to forge a more effective American approach to China. The Chinese economy is no longer in transition from plan to market. Successive waves of economic reform have eliminated direct government control of resources and their uses.
Mary E. Lovely (PIIE)

The Health, Economic, and Political Challenges Facing Latin America and the Caribbean

The European Policy Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic

The Unemployment Pandemic: Addressing America's Jobs Crisis

Europe's pandemic price tag to keep firms afloat

Speeches & Papers

A Path to Prosperity: The Macroeconomic Benefits of Four Immigrant Regularization Scenarios

Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda (UCLA North American Integration and Development Center), Sherman Robinson (PIIE), Marcelo Pleitez (UCLA North American Integration and Development Center), Kassandra Hernández (UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative), Rodrigo Domínguez-Villegas (UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative ) and Abel Valenzuela Jr. (Institute for Research on Labor & Employment)
March 23, 2021
via UCLA Institute for Research on Labor & Employment

Measuring human capital using global learning data

Noam Angrist (World Bank), Simeon Djankov (PIIE), Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg (PIIE) and Harry A. Patrinos (World Bank)
March 10, 2021
via Nature

Increasing Relevance, Diminishing Access Require Unchanging Values for a Changing Audience

Adam S. Posen (PIIE)
January 16, 2021

International economic challenges for the President-elect: Trade, China, the dollar, and pandemic recovery

Adam S. Posen (PIIE)

January 14, 2021