
The new role of monetary policy in the Covid-19 crisis and its climate application
What the US central bank has been doing to address the coronavirus crisis is precisely what is needed to tackle climate change.
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Basil Oberholzer works as an environmental economist and is author of Monetary Policy and Crude Oil: Prices, Production and Consumption. He received his PhD at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

What the US central bank has been doing to address the coronavirus crisis is precisely what is needed to tackle climate change.

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