Cornel Ban
Assistant Professor of International Relations; Co-Director of the Global Economic Governance Initiative at Boston University
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Boston University
Cornel Ban is a Boston University Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies professor. Before joining the IR Department in 2012, Ban was a postdoctoral fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University and served as deputy director of Development Studies at the same institution.
Cornel Ban is the author of several peer-reviewed articles: “Brazil’s Liberal Neo-Developmentalism: Edited Orthodoxy or New Policy Paradigm?” (Review of International Political Economy), “Sovereign Debt, Austerity and Regime Change: The Case of Nicolae Ceausescu’s Romania” (East European Politics and Societies), “On Stranger Tides: The Diffusion of Ordoliberal Ideas in Postwar Spain” (History of Economic Ideas) and “Economic Transnationalism and Its Ambiguities: Romanian Migration to Italy” (International Migration). He is currently completing a book manuscript on the political economy of crises, with a focus on the role of economic ideas and the interaction between international and domestic actors.
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Is Greece to Blame for the Crisis?
August 11, 2015
Foreign Affairs Cornel Ban, College of Arts & Sciences, Pardee School of Global Studies We at Foreign Affairs have recently published a number of pieces on the Greece economic crisis… Expert quote: “Without a doubt, successive Greek governments are responsible primarily for failing to put into place a tax collection service able to provide the […]
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The Euro Is In Trouble. But Romania Still Wants In.
July 25, 2015
Huffington Post Cornel Ban, College of Arts & Sciences, Pardee School of Global Studies The extraordinary political and economic turbulence of the Greek debt crisis has prompted widespread speculation that other European countries will now think twice before joining the 19-nation eurozone… Expert quote: “It is going to be very hard to explain to people […]
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Kinder, Gentler IMF Austerity Stance Came Too Late to Aid Greece
July 7, 2015
Bloomberg Cornel Ban, College of Arts & Sciences, Pardee School of Global Studies A growing recognition by IMF economists since the global financial crisis of the dangers of imposing too much austerity on cash-starved countries may have come too late to help the fund’s biggest client: Greece… View full article referencing expert Cornel Ban
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Austerity vs. Democracy in Greece
January 30, 2015
Foreign Affairs Co-written by Cornel Ban, College of Arts & Sciences It may be odd to use a Roman metaphor to describe a Greek political event, but in this case, it’s apt… View full article by expert Cornel Ban
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The IMF’s perestroika moment
December 17, 2014
Washington Post “Monkey Cage Blog” By Cornel Ban, College of Arts & Sciences and Kevin Gallagher, College of Arts & Sciences The economic crisis that struck in 2008 challenged many myths. One of them is the myth of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a global agent of economic orthodoxy… View full article by experts […]
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What We Fail To Talk About When We Talk About The Reinhart-Rogoff Austerity Debacle
June 19, 2013
WBUR “Cognoscenti” Co-written by Cornel Ban, College of Arts & Sciences This spring, an unusual David and Goliath battle played out in the field of economics: A graduate student from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst discovered important flaws in an influential paper written by Harvard economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff… View full article
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EU Austerity Measures: Why The Nobel Peace Prize Matters
October 18, 2012
WBUR “Cognoscenti” By Vivien Schmidt, College of Arts & Sciences and Cornel Ban, College of Arts & Sciences In receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, the leaders of the European Union should not only take a moment to feel justifiable pride in the recognition of the EU’s past accomplishments, but they should also take a moment […]
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