Europe’s Bid for Autonomy: The Euro’s Evolving Global Role
President Christine Lagarde’s recent proposal signals a pivotal shift, aiming to elevate the euro’s international standing and bolster European foreign policy independence.
Economy
Analysis and debate on the European economy: growth and investment, fiscal and monetary policy, trade, industry and inequality.
How Trump’s Tariff Regime Fuels Global Oligarchy
Trump’s radical tax vision could dismantle the IRS, reshape global inequality—and fuel a new economic war.
Mind the Gap: Can Europe Afford Its Green and Digital Future?
Amid vast investment shortfalls, the European Union must rethink its funding strategy to achieve its ambitious goals.
Europe’s Euro Ambition: A Risky Bid for “Exorbitant Privilege”
Christine Lagarde seeks a greater international role for the euro, but Europe’s economic realities present a complex challenge.
Europe Must Adapt to Its Ageing Workforce
As the continent’s birth rates decline and its population ages, policymakers face the urgent task of retaining experienced workers and adapting workplaces.
Europe’s Businesses Face a Quiet Takeover as US Investors Capitalise
Tej Gonza and Timothée Duverger
American investors are increasingly acquiring European companies, prompting calls for new ownership models to protect economic sovereignty.
Closing the Chasm: Central and Eastern Europe’s Continued Minimum Wage Climb
Carlos Vacas-Soriano and Christine Aumayr-Pintar
Minimum wages in Central and Eastern Europe continue to rise.
Trump Can’t Kill the Boom: Why the US Economy Will Roar Despite Him
Markets, innovation, and AI are overpowering Trump’s chaos—and pushing America toward 4% growth, recession or not.
Why Europe Needs Its Own AI Infrastructure
Trump’s return highlights why Europe must build its own AI ecosystem—secure, competitive, and true to its values.
Italy’s Minimum Wage Dilemma: Will EU Pressure Force a Policy Shift?
Guglielmo Meardi and Francesco Seghezzi
Despite EU moves, Italy resists a national minimum wage amid trade union scepticism.
Trump’s America: The New Global Tax Haven?
Trump is turning America into a tax haven, dismantling safeguards and fueling inequality through global deregulation.
Robots Boost Workplace Safety, But Only in High-tech and Well-protected Economies
Marco De Simone, Dario Guarascio and Jelena Reljic
New research reveals that automation benefits are not universal.
Germany Ditches Debt Brake—A Fiscal Revolution Begins
Germany scraps its debt brake, unleashing a 500-billion-euro investment plan that could transform infrastructure, defence, and economic growth.
America’s Oligarchs Are Trump’s Achilles’ Heel
Trump’s “America First” policies upend global order, igniting calls to tax oligarchs and disrupt international trade.
Economics – An Apology
Mainstream economics has shaped modern policymaking, but its failures and ideological divides reveal deeper systemic flaws.
Trump’s Trade War Tears North America Apart – Could Canada and Mexico Turn to Europe?
As Donald Trump dismantles free trade, Canada and Mexico face an urgent choice: endure or pivot.