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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.
Blog post
15 May 2017
UK economic performance post-Brexit
What’s at stake: Almost a year after the UK voted to leave the European Union, its economic performance has showed mixed results. The risks of a Brexi
Blog post
12 May 2017
China cannot finance the Belt and Road alone
The One Belt One Road initiative holds great promise for the global economy, but will need a huge amount of finance. Initial presumptions that China w
Blog post
11 May 2017
International arbitration is the way to settle the UK’s Brexit bill
The UK-EU financial settlement risks becoming a toxic stumbling block in Brexit negotiations. But there are actually much more important issues to dis
Blog post
08 May 2017
The US and the productivity puzzle
What’s at stake: Productivity growth fell sharply following the global financial crisis and has remained sluggish since, inducing many to talk of a “p
Blog post
04 May 2017
Europeans rediscover enthusiasm for globalisation
The general political mood on both sides of the Atlantic seems to suggest declining public support for globalisation, but people in the EU increasingl
Blog post
02 May 2017
The Trump tax cut
What’s at stake: on Wednesday, the Trump administration - now 100 days old - unveiled a draft tax plan including the intention to enact a radical cut
Blog post
27 April 2017
Do we understand the impact of artificial intelligence on employment?
Artificial intelligence is already transforming the world of work, but the future is hard to predict. Some see most jobs at risk of automatisation, wh
Blog post
24 April 2017
The decline of the labour share of income
What’s at stake: at odds with the conventional wisdom of constant factor shares, the portion of national income accruing to labour has been trending d
Blog post
19 April 2017
Trump’s U-turn on trade with China is good news, but the EU should not be complacent
President Trump has so far been softer on China than his campaign promises predicted. This is welcome. However, the EU has a lot at stake, and should
Blog post
12 April 2017
Building a more resilient and inclusive global economy
Curtain raiser speech ahead of the 2017 IMF Spring Meetings delivered at Bruegel by the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.
Blog post
11 April 2017
Global decarbonisation: a wake-up call for the Middle East and North Africa
Many countries in the MENA region are heavily dependent on oil and gas for exports and taxes. But global decarbonisation could undermine revenues, eve
Blog post
10 April 2017
Embracing the silver economy
What’s at stake: The oldest human in known history was a Frenchwoman called Jeanne Calment who celebrated her 122nd birthday in 1997. Thanks to advanc
Blog post
06 April 2017
Machines that learn to do, and do to learn: What is artificial intelligence?
Artificial intelligence is much talked about, but what exactly is it? Georgios Petropoulos explores the origins, methods and potential of machine lear
Blog post
05 April 2017
EBA relocation should support a long-term ‘twin peaks’ vision
As the Commission launches a review of European financial supervision, the authors argue that Europe needs to move towards a twin peaks model – dividi
Blog post
03 April 2017
Is China’s innovation strategy a threat?
What’s at stake: A number of recent contributions accuse China of acquiring technology from abroad without respecting international rules. This blog r
Blog post
31 March 2017
Italian banks: not quiet on the eastern front
Italian banks are back in the spotlight. After MPS failed to raise enough capital from private investors earlier this year, Banco Popolare di Vicenza
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