thought leadership

  

Trade, peace, and the business case for improved humanitarian response

Disasters are increasing in their intensity. Vaeme Afokpa discusses the common business sense to join the response, save lives and communities, as well as prevent further deterioration or instability

  

Europe’s 35-year journey

The Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989, triggering huge political and economic change. Marek Dabrowski asks whether the gains can be safeguarded

  

May contain lies

We’ve heard the phrases ‘check the facts’, ‘examine the evidence’ and ‘correlation is not causation’ enough times that they should be in our DNA. If true, misinformation would never get out of the starting block, argues Alex Edmans

  

Economists should point their attention to the stars

The economics of space is no longer the province of science fiction. Alessio Terzi and Francesco Nicoli argue that economists should turn their attention to the stars, harnessing opportunities that beckon beyond Earth’s limits

  

An uphill struggle

Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol analyses what arguments European policymakers have used in discussions about centralising public expenditures at EU level

  

Europe needs to wake up

Emmanuel Macron considers the challenges of European competitiveness and the place of the European Union in a multipolar world