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Leonardo Costa

Leonardo Costa has been a member of the faculty of Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Católica Porto Business School, since 1998. He has research interests in development studies, agricultural economics and natural resources, innovation and macroeconomics.

Beyond the EU budget zero-sum game

Leonardo Costa

Discussion of the EU budget brings strife between supposed net contributors and beneficiaries. Yet the picture is more complex and Europe-wide taxation offers a way out.

Smart Schäuble’s Stupid Selfish Economics

Leonardo Costa

At a conference in Berlin on 29 June, the German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, when asked about the situation of Deutsche Bank, said he was