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Bob Hancké

Central bankers are losing the plot

It’s official: central banks have become monuments to utter confusion.

Bob Hancké

Economists and thinking about inflation - One size does not fit all.

The latest interest rate hikes to combat supply-side driven inflation are a sign of tunnel vision among economists and policymakers.

Bob Hancké

Socialism for the bankers, capitalism for the rest of us. So it goes.

Bob Hancké examines the European Central Bank’s recent decision to raise rates and invent a tool to reduce spreads.

Bob Hancké and Angela Garcia Calvo

Mr Chips goes to Brussels: Semiconductors in Europe

What does it take to establish a semiconductor supply chain in Europe? And what could go wrong?

Bob Hancké

Why trade unions have a problem with the minimum wage and what can be done about it

Trade unions against the EU minimum wage? Bob Hancké examines the debate and proposes a way forward.

Bob Hancké

The iron cage revisited: How Brexit constrains the UK

Brexit not only hampers trade with the EU, the UK-EU TCA also severely limits Britain's ability to conclude FTAs with other nations.

Bob Hancké

Europe’s call for semiconductor factories: A solution in search of a problem?

Europe's mission-driven approach to strategic autonomy is a result of its innovation-inferiority complex and might not even be necessary.

Bob Hancké, Laurenz Mathei & Artus Galiay

Dancing in the dark: What Brexit means for UK-EU trade and UK industry

Instead of creating a flat free trade area, the UK-EU deal has introduced more uncertainty and adjustment problems for UK traders.

Bob Hancké

Fears of rising inflation are much ado about nothing

Loose central bank money and Covid-induced shocks herald the return of the inflation spectre. Here is why you don't have to worry about it.

Bob Hancké and Laurenz Mathei

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