Cosmin Marinescu
Cosmin Marinescu
Economist, Professor, Ph.D., the Bucharest University of Economic Studies; founder of the Center for Economics and Liberty (ECOL); Presidential Adviser, Department of Economic and Social Policies
Preparing for OECD – Responsible Reforms and Policies

Preparing for OECD – Responsible Reforms and Policies

Joining the OECD and embracing its values, especially in the current context, will allow Romania to achieve a better alignment with the OECD motto: “better policies, better lives”. The preparation for accession is not an easy task, but Romania will benefit from the advantage of international expertise, which must be accompanied by determination and consistency in achieving the set objectives. The progress made since the Roadmap for Accession and up to the present is evident, but more is needed.About these advances of Romania, as well as about the challenges regarding necessary reforms and policies, I spoke today [N.B. May 3, 2023] at the opening of the conference “Romania in the OECD: toward the club of the good international economic practices”, organized at the National Bank of Romania, in company with the Prime Minister of Romania, the Governor of the National Bank of Romania and the chief economist of the OECD, Álvaro Santos Pereira. More


The Macroeconomic Dashboard: From Financial to Corona Crisis

The Macroeconomic Dashboard: From Financial to Corona Crisis

Worldwide, economies periodically face cyclical evolutions, economic crises, shocks generated by exogenous factors of the economic system, as is happening right now amid the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The common ground of these developments is the need for policies able to support the economy and to establish the necessary corrections, in accordance with imbalances. Nevertheless, solutions must be accurately identified and adapted to the real causes of crises, otherwise economic treatment will fail.  More


Corona-Economy: From Crisis to Rebuilding Trust

Corona-Economy: From Crisis to Rebuilding Trust

The Corona-Economy is already the grand economic challenge of the year 2020, but also of the political establishment. The latest developments are very serious, quite worrying for many sectors, which demand a coordinated response in terms of economic policy. The Coronavirus is the “black swan” that sickened the economy, rapidly and at a nearly global scale, like a tsunami starting from China that is washing away over all continents now. More


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