Latest thoughts and opinions

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

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

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

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

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.

PEACS reads is a list with further reading, including recent newspaper articles and longer essays that inspire our thinking.

Es besteht die Gefahr, dass die Umstellung auf Elektrofahrzeuge entgleist, wenn die Interessen bestehender Stakeholder ignoriert werden.

The Brexit deal is much better for UK carmakers than no deal, but the industry needs a large-scale battery supply chain to survive.

The green transition must also be just, as otherwise conservative producer coalitions might derail its course.

Concerns about Zombie firms in Germany are unwarranted, as financial scrutiny is by institutional relationships between banks and SMEs.