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Björn Hacker

Björn Hacker is Professor of Economic Policy at HTW – University of Applied Science Berlin and works on European Economic and Comparative Welfare Policies.

Reinvigorating Social Europe: The Four Areas Of Conflict

Björn Hacker

After years of prioritising the reinforcement of economic instruments to meet European budgetary targets, the debate on Social Europe has lately enjoyed something of a

The European Councils’ Strategic Agenda Tries To Be Everything To Everybody

Björn Hacker

Many of those interpreting the results of the European elections claim to discern a fundamental disenchantment with Europe among its citizens. On this basis the

Why The ‘Genuine EMU’ Will Not Be a Fiscal Union

Björn Hacker

Although the critics of the Maastricht Treaty, who called attention to the risks of monetary integration without fiscal and political integration, long went unheeded, the