Europe’s destiny
Europe now faces a clear choice. Ursula von der Leyen presents her Political Guidelines for the next European Commission 2024-2029 to the European Parliament
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Author: Op-ed
The EU’s tariff war on Chinese EVs
Uri Dadush and Conor McCaffrey argue that the European Commission can take a better route than imposing countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles
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Signed, sealed, delivered
Customer satisfaction is declining. Jonathan Sharp discusses the demise of customer experience and how companies can use technology to better manage the relationship
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How to finance the EU’s decarbonisation plan
Europe needs to decarbonise. Ugnė Keliauskaitė, Ben McWilliams, Giovanni Sgaravatti and Simone Tagliapietra discuss the challenges of meeting EPBD targets and introducing ETS2 smoothly
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How the EU can counterbalance the US
The Inflation Reduction Act has sparked concern in the EU. Salvador Barrios, Jonathan Pycroft, Andrzej Stasio and Daniel Stöhlker argue that the EU’s own green funding initiatives can compete with the IRA
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Overcome divisions and confront threats
The challenges confronting the EU are substantial. Maria Demertzis, André Sapir and Jeromin Zettelmeyer recommend that the new Presidents of the European Commission, Council and Parliament promote growth and enhance cohesion
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Carbon pricing and inflation
Carbon pricing initiatives have mushroomed in the last two decades. Daniel Santabárbara and Marta Suárez-Varela evaluate the impact of emissions trading and carbon tax on inflation
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Educational scarring
Jósef Sigurdsson examines the impact of a tax reform in Iceland that cut taxes to zero for one year and finds that the rise in the opportunity cost of schooling led to a substantial losses in lifetime earnings
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Debt financing European air defence
Europe is vulnerable to missiles and air attacks. Armin Steinbach and Guntram Wolff argue the case for financing European air defence through issuance of EU debt
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The return of industrial policies
Industrial policies are increasingly used in advanced economies. Valentine Millot and Łukasz Rawdanowicz discuss the pros and cons of such policies and outline principles to inform policy guidelines
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