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Did Jonathan Portes Cause Brexit?

…and words did indeed provoke a decisive margin for the Leave vote in the EU referendum last June. Portes is Principal Research Fellow, formerly Director, at the National Institute for…

Capital Flows and Financial Crises

…the IMF investigates how the different types of capital flows affect financial stability. The authors point out that capital inflows can be problematic when they lead to appreciations of real…