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  • What a banking union means for Europe
    Essay by Philip Whyte, 05 December 2012
    What a banking union means for Europe
  • Britain, Europe and the City of London: Can the triangle be managed?
    Essay by Philip Whyte, 20 July 2012
    Britain, Europe and the City of London
  • Britain, the City and the EU: A triangle of suspicion
    Insight by Philip Whyte, 11 October 2011
  • The G20 summit – a distraction?
    Insight by Simon Tilford, 03 April 2009

    The good news first. The summit delivered more than expected. The trebling of the funds available to the IMF goes well beyond anything expected and is very welcome.
  • The Europeans at the London summit
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 01 April 2009

    Christine Lagarde, the French finance minister, threatens to walk out of the London G20 summit unless France gets its way on tougher financial regulation. The toppled Czech Prime Minister, Mirek Topolanek, who happens to hold the EU presidency, describes the US fiscal stimulus as “the road to hell”.
  • The real G20 agenda: From technics to politics
    Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
    Open democracy, 16 March 2009

    The efforts of world leaders to find solutions to the economic crisis are intensifying. The last preparatory meeting before the leaders' summit on 2 April 2009 shows what needs to be done, says Katinka Barysch.
  • The real G20 agenda
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 13 March 2009

    Finance ministers from the G20 countries are meeting in London this weekend to prepare for the global economic summit at the start of April. Expectations are high. But what will the summit be about?
  • Financial regulation: Is the Channel narrowing?
    Insight by Philip Whyte, 27 February 2009

    On February 25th 2009, a Commission-appointed taskforce headed by Jacques de Larosière published its much-awaited report on financial supervision in the EU.
  • State, money and rules: An EU policy for sovereign investments
    Essay by Philip Whyte, Simon Tilford, 01 December 2008

    The debate about sovereign wealth funds will return as global growth and commodity prices recover. European governments have been right to reject new EU rules on SWFs, and instead support multilateral efforts to set voluntary standards.

  • Beyond banking: What the financial crisis means for the EU
    Policy brief by Charles Grant, Clara Marina O'Donnell, Hugo Brady, , Philip Whyte, Simon Tilford, 23 October 2008

    The world is in the midst of a financial crisis which will have far-reaching implications for the EU – not just for the region's immediate economic outlook, but also for the future of the euro, financial regulation, economic reform and global governance.

  • Scapegoating the US lets others off too easily
    Insight by Simon Tilford, 02 October 2008

    Huge amounts have been said about the consequences of the credit crunch for the US and UK economies. They undoubtedly face major adjustments, and several years of very weak economic growth.