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What a banking union means for Europe
Essay by Philip Whyte, 05 December 2012
Economic recovery requires a better deal for labour
Policy brief by Simon Tilford, 05 November 2012
Germany's choice: Higher inflation or sovereign defaults
Insight by Simon Tilford, 09 May 2012

Middle class amid industrialized economies

Opinion piece by Simon Tilford
The Voice of Russia, 11 November 2012

Interview with Simon Tilford – chief economist at the London-based Centre for European Reform about middle class in industrialized or developed economies
I think over quite a long period of time the middle class in industrialized or developed economies has been I think squeezed.
Economic recovery requires a better deal for labour

Policy brief by Simon Tilford, 05 November 2012

Unless labour receives a larger share of the pie, Europe's economic recovery will prove elusive and popular hostility to markets will grow.
How to build European services markets

Policy brief by John Springford, 28 September 2012

European services markets are still overwhelmingly national. There are big economic gains to be made from opening them up.
Peut-on croire Draghi?

Opinion piece by Simon Tilford
Les Echos, 05 September 2012

LE CERCLE. Mario Draghi, le président de la Banque Centrale Européenne, a affirmé à plusieurs reprises que la BCE ferait tout ce qui est nécessaire pour sauver l'euro.
A banking union – it is necessary, but is it likely?

Bulletin article by Philip Whyte, 27 July 2012

Could the EU's summit of June 29 come to be regarded as a watershed? Following umpteen crisis summits that have failed to tackle the root causes of the eurozone crisis, EU leaders finally got to the heart of the matter: the need to break the vicious interaction between weak banks and fiscally weakened states.
Has the eurozone reached the limits of the politically possible?

Insight by Simon Tilford, 12 July 2012

The limited measures agreed at June's summit are unlikely to take effect, suggesting that the eurozone has already reached the limits of the politically possible.
Eurozone crisis: What steps should be taken to move forward?

Opinion piece by Simon Tilford
The Voice of Russia, 20 June 2012

Interview with Simon Tilford – chief economist at the Centre for European Reform coming to us all the way from London.
O efeito dominó que ameaça a Espanha e a zona do euro

Opinion piece by Simon Tilford
Carta Maior, 19 June 2012

Em entrevista à Carta Maior, Simon Tilford, economista chefe do Centre for European Reform, defende a necessidade de uma massiva injeção fiscal na eurozona, sem a qual a Espanha terá que pedir um resgate este ano.