Simon Tilford

Simon Tilford

Associate fellow
Areas of expertise 

Britain and Europe, the euro, fiscal and monetary policy, labour and social policy, competition, innovation, environmental economics and demographics.

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Eurozone slump derails Britain's economic strategy

28 January 2013
The British government's drive to rebalance the UK economy has foundered on falling exports to the EU; UK exports to the rest of the world are booming.
Europe places too much faith in supply-side policies

Europe places too much faith in supply-side policies

18 January 2013
The damage done to Europe's growth potential by very low investment and mass unemployment is likely to offset the benefits of structural reforms.
Sound public finances require more than low budget deficits

Sound public finances require more than low budget deficits

04 January 2013
Small budget deficits are no guarantee of sustainable public finances: Europe needs higher inflation and growth if it is to stem the rise in public debt.
Austerity report

Europe's future in an age of austerity

18 December 2012
The CER invited leading economists and policy-makers to debate the implications of fiscal austerity for economic, political and monetary stability.
Eurozone: Trouble in the core?

Eurozone: Trouble in the core?

26 November 2012
Many people lazily assume that the eurozone is now split into a strong, prosperous core and a weak, depressed periphery.
Economic recovery requires a better deal for labour

Economic recovery requires a better deal for labour

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.
Eurozone: Are the building blocks falling into place?

Eurozone: Are the building blocks falling into place?

26 September 2012
On the face of it, September was a good month for the euro. For once, market expectations were met. The European Central Bank (ECB) belatedly opened the way for action to address the ruinous polarisation of government borrowing costs in the eurozone.
How seriously can investors take Draghi's assurances?

How seriously can investors take Draghi's assurances?

31 August 2012
The ECB's upcoming programme of government bond purchases will not be big enough to dispel investors' fears that troubled euro members might quit the currency union.
Has the eurozone reached the limits of the politically possible?

Has the eurozone reached the limits of the politically possible?

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.
Germany’s own goal

Germany's own goal: Why Berlin's sense of invulnerability will be its undoing

22 June 2012
Germany’s strategy for dealing with the euro crisis is maximising, not minimising, risks to the country’s economic and political interests.