Daniela Gabor is Professor of Economics and Macro-Finance at UWE Bristol. Her research develops three related themes under the umbrella of critical macro-finance. She investigates shadow banking activities and their implications for monetary theory, sovereign bond markets, and regulatory activity. Her research also develops the theme of transnational banks' involvement in policy around capital controls and crisis management, as well as IMF conditionality. Her two research projects are Managing Shadow Money ​(funded by INET) and the Capital Markets Union (funded by FEPS).

September 2, 2023

Interviews

Defining Bidenomics

Industrial policy, labor, and the New Cold War

, Daniela Gabor, Tim Sahay, Daniel Denvir

A new American industrial policy—“Bidenomics”—has arrived, consisting of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act, and the CHIPS and Science Act. The proclaimed goals of Bidenomics are to propel a green energy transition to confront climate…

June 17, 2023

Interviews

Varieties of Derisking

Industrial policy, macrofinance, and the green transition

, Melanie Brusseler, Daniela Gabor, Chirag Lala, JW Mason

In recent years, the debate over climate policy has moved away from the earlier consensus in favor of carbon pricing and towards an investment-focused approach, illustrated by the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), along with other similar measures…

March 3, 2023

Analysis

Wall Street Consensus a la Française

Development agendas at the Gabon One Forest Summit

, Ndongo Samba Sylla

Since his election in 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron has periodically committed to resetting France’s relationship with Africa. In 2020, his so-called Macron Doctrine denounced the Washington Consensus for creating a “capitalism that has become financialized, that has become over-concentrated…

November 19, 2022

Analysis

The Wall Street Consensus at COP27

The derisking roll-out at COP27

At COP26, US Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry sanguinely declared the need to “de-risk the investment, and create the capacity to have bankable deals. That’s doable for water, it’s doable for electricity, it’s doable for transportation.” UN Special Envoy…

November 18, 2021

Analysis

The Wall Street Consensus at COP26

Finance Day at COP26 shows a ruthless dedication to voluntary decarbonization

Wednesday, November 3, was private finance day at COP26. For those who follow central banks closely, the event was a chance to gauge whether their recent turn to climate-conscious policy making would translate into ambitious decarbonization announcements. After all, private…

June 18, 2021

Interviews

Investment and Decarbonization

A conversation on investment strategies for the green transition

, Tim Sahay, Adam Tooze, Daniela Gabor, Robert Hockett, Saule Omarova, Yakov Feygin

In late March, the Biden administration announced the $2 trillion American Jobs Plan, with approximately half of the sum dedicated to fighting the climate crisis. While the legislation would mark a sea change in federal action to avert climate catastrophe,…