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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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12 January 2017
How to balance sovereignty and integration in a voluntary EU
The principle of voluntary membership is a central value of the EU project, but it is also a source of many of its problems. How can the member states
Blog post
09 January 2017
Compensating the “losers” of globalisation
What’s at stake: According to some, 2016’s political turmoil shows that the so-called “losers” of globalisation are striking back. There is, however,
Blog post
06 January 2017
Manufacturing in the US: Will Trump’s strategy repatriate highly-paid jobs?
Trump has set out a plan to repatriate highly-paid manufacturing jobs to the US. But the idea that manufacturing jobs are better paid than service rol
Blog post
31 December 2016
2016: The end
What’s at stake: 2016 is coming to an end. It will be remembered as an annus mirabilis and horribilis, at the same time. 2016 brought us some previous
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27 December 2016
The strange case of the MPS capital shortfall
Italy's banking saga continues with the announcement that beleaguered MPS may need to find an additional €3bn. What exactly has changed, and what does
Blog post
22 December 2016
The impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland: a first look
Following the proposal from the Scottish Government that Scotland remain in the Single Market, the differing “Brexpectations” of the UK’s four constit
Blog post
20 December 2016
Is the UK’s role in the European supply chain at risk?
Will the UK’s engagement in European supply chains be at risk once the UK exits the EU?
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19 December 2016
The American dream
What’s at stake: historian James Truslow Adams, in his 1931 book The Epic of America, stated that the American dream is "that dream of a land in which
Blog post
13 December 2016
Explaining inequality
Is technological progress behind growing income inequality? No, according to Zsolt Darvas, who argues that redistribution and the regulation of certai
Blog post
12 December 2016
Socio-economic determinants of the Italian vote
The socio-economic factors driving the 'no' result from Italy's referendum differ from the Brexit vote. The Italian NO vote seems to have been driven
Blog post
12 December 2016
The political economy of macroprudential policy
What’s at stake: the emergence of renewed interest in macroprudential policy has characterised the aftermath of the great recession. There is not yet
Blog post
08 December 2016
Challenges to debt sustainability in advanced economies
The gross general government debt-to-GDP ratios in many advanced economies have reached the highest levels in peacetime history and continue to grow,
Blog post
06 December 2016
UK-China agreement on trade in services is no substitute for a UK-EU deal
The UK government has high hopes that new trade deals with non-EU states will offer an economic boost after Brexit. But how likely is this to material
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06 December 2016
Building common ground: Towards strategic migration and refugee policies in Europe
This conference declaration was signed on 22 November 2016 at the occasion of the second annual Vision Europe Summit in Lisbon. The signatories are le
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05 December 2016
Macroeconomics in the crossfire (again)
What’s at stake: After a first go at macroeconomics and its flaws a year ago, Paul Romer kicked off the debate again with a recent essay on how macroe
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02 December 2016
OPEC's revival or swan song? First evidence from financial markets
On Wednesday, 30 November 2016, OPEC reached a milestone agreement to cut oil production by 1.2 million barrels a day in a long-awaited attempt to end
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