Opinion pieces
Bruegel fellows often write guest commentary for major media outlets
Recent comments and opinion pieces
De-dollarisation is all about de-risking
What about the EU’s cohesion?
Latest financial supervisory reform diverts China from the path towards a market-based financial system
A smart industrial policy to fast-charge Europe’s electric vehicles revolution
Use the financial system to enforce export controls on Russia
Opinion piece
06 June 2013
Misreading the Global Economy
In April 2010, the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook offered an optimistic assessment of the global economy, describing a
Opinion piece
06 June 2013
Europe’s Troika should grow up
In early 2010, a group of men (and a few women) in dark suits landed in Athens. They belonged to a global institution, the International Monetary Fund
Opinion piece
06 June 2013
Germany must lead by example on fixing its banks
Charles Kindleberger, the pre-eminent historian of financial crises, described a hegemon as a country willing to accept short-term costs for the sake
Opinion piece
06 June 2013
Chinese solar panels - economics or politics?
Unless appropriately managed, the ongoing row on the proposed EU tariffs on solar panel imports from China has the potential to lead to a serious trad