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The fiscal side of Europe’s energy crisis: the facts, problems and prospects
Europe needs to move beyond emergency fiscal responses and focus on structural changes to allow the EU to accelerate its decoupling from fossil fuels.
Is Europe failing on import diversification?
Despite a goal of economic self-reliance, the European Union’s imports are generally sourced from an increasingly limited set of suppliers.
The difficulty of designating gatekeepers under the EU Digital Markets Act
The European Commission should be more precise and transparent when designating gatekeepers under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act.
Europe’s half a million barrels per day diesel supply question
A new European Union embargo on Russian oil products should not affect EU diesel supplies and prices, but could encourage re-routing by Russia.
Web3: the next internet revolution
Tokenisation based on blockchain technology could bring radical changes to markets for goods and services.
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03 October 2017
Ukraine’s oligarchs are bad for democracy and economic reform
Ukraine’s late and incomplete economic reform created a class of super-wealthy oligarchs who now stand in the way of further liberalisation. The oliga
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02 October 2017
The Economics of Healthcare
Healthcare reform has been a thorn in the side of the US administration for several months, prompting President Trump to declare that “Nobody knew tha
Blog post
28 September 2017
Employment in Europe and the US: the EU’s remarkable strength
The common narrative that the US labour market outperforms the EU is not as trustworthy as overall unemployment figures imply. There is a complex inte
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26 September 2017
Chinese banks: An endless cat and mouse game benefitting large players
As deleveraging moves up in the scale of objectives of the Chinese leadership, banks now face more restrictions from regulators. As a result, banks ha
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25 September 2017
The Fed’s Unwinding
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) held short-term interest rates steady on September 20th and announced that starting from October 2017 the Fed
Blog post
21 September 2017
Global Imbalances
The recent IMF’s External Sector Report highlighted the persistence of imbalances and a switch of imbalances towards advanced economies. We review rec
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21 September 2017
Can roaming be saved after Brexit?
The referendum where UK voters chose to exit the European Union has many unanticipated consequences. One that is gaining visibility in the UK just now
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21 September 2017
Reinforcing the EU energy industry transformation: stronger policies needed
The European energy system is being transformed by three major forces, decarbonisation, digitalisation and decentralisation. Decarbonisation is changi
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18 September 2017
Trump and the Paris Agreement: better out than in
It would be better for international climate governance if Trump stays out of the Paris Agreement, rather than stays in with a new, weakened deal.
Blog post
13 September 2017
How has banking union changed mergers and acquistions?
The aim of the banking union was to break the toxic link between banks and states. One way of achieving this is by increasing cross border banking thr
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12 September 2017
Nordea’s move to the Banking Union is no surprise
Scandinavian banking giant is moving to Finland. This is not just a flight from increasing taxes and tighter regulation in its current home, Sweden. N
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11 September 2017
North Korea: sanctions and marketization from below
What’s at stake: despite Western sanctions, North Korea has been in the news all summer. The country was in the spotlight for the death of American st
Blog post
07 September 2017
Speech by Peter Kažimír at Bruegel Annual Dinner 2017
Peter Kažimír, Slovakia Finance Minister, delivered the keynote speech at Bruegel's Annual Dinner 2017, held on 7 September 2017.
Blog post
04 September 2017
Hurricane Harvey’s economic impact
What’s at stake: tropical storm Harvey has caused unprecedented and catastrophic flooding in southeastern Texas. We review recent estimates of the eco
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01 September 2017
Should the EU have the power to vet foreign takeovers?
Should the EU have the power to vet foreign takeovers? André Sapir and Alicia Garcia-Herrero debate the issue, which has become topical in view of rec
Blog post
31 August 2017
EU posted workers: separating fact and fiction
After President Macron’s recent tour of Central and Eastern European countries, EU posted workers are getting a lot of attention. However, a major ref
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