Robert Mundell's pioneering theory of optimum currency areas is revisited, with experts from the IMF, the BIS, the European Investment Bank, academia, European think tanks, and the Bank of Israel looking at its current practical applications, especially in the context of the forthcoming European...

Chapter 1 Introducing Pandemic Crisis -- Chapter 2 Migration and Welfare-State Policy -- Chapter 3 Globalization and Welfare-State Policy -- Chapter 4 Free Migration: Israel’s Experience -- Chapter 5 Globalization: Israel’s Experience -- Chapter 6 Federal Systems: US-EU Comparison.

The paper compares migration policy and welfare state generosity between America and Europe. There is more selective skill-based migration policy in the US compared to the European Union. Policy coordination among states within the federal system on migration, taxes, and social benefits among...