The challenging need for common unemployment insurance in EU
“The strain which sprang from unemployment might induce foreign tension”, said Karl Polanyi in 1944. Despite a modest recovery, the...
Brexit, Italy, Migrants... solutions to be found by Europe, for Europe
Brexit, migrations and negotiations The complexity of having more than one currency in the EU may now come to undermine the single market...
2016 : A CHANGING LANDSCAPE – OIL AND REFUGEES: ASSESSING COSTS AND BENEFITS
The uncertain implications of the oil price decline The price of oil has dropped below $30 a barrel reaching its lowest since 2003. To...
Is 2016 the year of doom and gloom?
The eurozone coping with a vacillating global economy: China, oil prices and inflation After several months of relative calm, the global...
PROVIDING FURTHER ECONOMIC LEGITIMACY TO THE CLIMATE CHANGE CONSENSUS
COP21: A diplomatic success—no binding commitments or carbon pricing. The COP21 Paris Agreement includes (i) an objective to limiting the...
What monetary policy for a weak and uneven recovery?
Is the ECB reaching the limits of its tools? The ECB announced further monetary stimulus but disappointed markets (see Mario Draghi’s...