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Central bankers are losing the plot
It’s official: central banks have become monuments to utter confusion.
Bob Hancké
Aug 2, 20221 min read
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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
Jul 25, 20221 min read
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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
Jul 22, 20225 min read
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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 and Angela Garcia Calvo
Jun 8, 20225 min read
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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
Dec 6, 20218 min read
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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
Nov 2, 20215 min read
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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
Aug 3, 20216 min read
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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, Laurenz Mathei & Artus Galiay
Jul 13, 20216 min read
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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
Jun 17, 20215 min read
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PEACS reads
PEACS reads is a list with further reading, including recent newspaper articles and longer essays that inspire our thinking.
Bob Hancké and Laurenz Mathei
May 2, 20215 min read
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