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  • Do Britain's European ties damage its prosperity?
    Essay by Philip Whyte, 22 March 2013
    Do Britain's European ties damage its prosperity?
  • What a banking union means for Europe
    Essay by Philip Whyte, 05 December 2012
    What a banking union means for Europe
  • Economic recovery requires a better deal for labour
    Policy brief by Simon Tilford, 05 November 2012
    Economic recovery requires a better deal for labour
  • Euro crisis: In defence of investors
    Insight by Simon Tilford, 17 January 2011

    The eurozone’s fiscal position is better than the US and UK, and the crisis-hit members of the currency union are doing more to strengthen their public finances than either of these countries.
  • Why Germany is not a model for Europe
    Opinion piece by Philip Whyte
    Der Tagesspiel, 10 November 2010

    Germany's economy has been winning numerous plaudits of late. It is not hard to see why. Previously much-vaunted economies "Ireland, Spain, the UK and the US, to name just four" lived way beyond their means for far too long.

  • Why Germany is not a model for the eurozone
    Essay by Philip Whyte, 22 October 2010

    Many Europeans believe that confidence in the eurozone is best restored by turning the region into a larger version of present-day Germany. However, Germany is not the world-beating economy of current myth.

  • Eurozone governance: Why the Commission is right
    Insight by Philip Whyte, 04 June 2010

    The collapse of market confidence sparked by the parlous state of Greece’s public finances is forcing the EU to review how the eurozone is run. This is entirely welcome.
  • Business leaders risk discrediting markets
    Insight by Simon Tilford, 13 May 2010

    Despite their battered reputation, markets remain the best way of generating economic growth. But the market economy faces a crisis of legitimacy brought about by rising inequality and a breakdown of the relationship between risk and reward.
  • Le G20 a manqué une chance de réformer la finance
    Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
    La Tribune, 24 April 2010

    Vendredi après-midi, ministres des Finances et banquiers centraux des pays riches et émergents du G20 se sont réunis à Washington pour discuter des projets de régulation du secteur financier.

  • Whatever happened to the G20?
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 14 April 2010

    George W Bush convened the first G20 summit in Washington in November 2008, at the height of the global financial and economic crisis.
  • There can be no eurozone stability without economic growth
    Bulletin article by Simon Tilford, 01 April 2010

    The German government believes that tougher fiscal rules are the solution to current strains in the eurozone. No doubt such rules are necessary. But they are not enough.