This opinion piece was originally published in Money Review. The world’s priority is to end the war. However, when a permanent member of the UN Security Council invades a country, there is more at stake than immediate destruction. If the protector becomes the...
China’s wave of regulatory restrictions on private companies in 2021 is seen as reflecting a decisive turn toward a new economic regime in which state-owned enterprises play a greater role. But is China’s private sector truly being crushed? A study we carried out...
Acknowledgements: David Xu provided outstanding research assistance. We thank Jordan Becker, Suman Bery, Olivier Blanchard, Martin Chorzempa, Rebecca Christie, Uri Dadush, Simeon Djankov, François Godement, Cullen Hendrix, Patrick Honohan, Alicia García- Herrero,...
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The EU has proposed a plan to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels before 2030, as well as responding to rising energy prices. In this episode of the Sound of Economics Live Bruegel’s own Guntram Wolff and Georg Zachmann welcome Diedrik Samsom to present...
This study was prepared for the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON). The study is available on the European Parliament’s online database, ‘ThinkTank‘. Copyright remains with the European Parliament at all times. This briefing paper...
Targeted sanctions on specific technologies, financial sanctions and ‘self-sanctioning’ by private companies are effectively decoupling Russia from supplies of high-tech goods. The combination of technological and financial sanctions, public pressure and reputational...
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Self-employed workers are taking on a larger role in the European economy, particularly workers who operate as independent contractors rather than as small-business owners with their own workforce. Becoming self-employed offers flexibility and entrepreneurial...
On 22 March 2022. Bruegel Senior fellow Simone Tagliapietra presented testimony before the Economic Affairs Committee of the House of Lords, UK Parliament on UK energy and investment. Europe overall has not taken into proper consideration the issue of energy security,...
The internet is changing the way we work. In this episode, Giuseppe Porcaro is joined by Laura Nurski and Fabian Stephany to discuss the utilisation of online work across countries and occupations, what it means for the society, and how policymakers should better...
Introduction Although the United States, the European Union and many NATO-aligned nations have imposed a broad array of trade restrictions on Russia since its invasion of Ukraine, software, online services and media services are so far not explicitly subject to US or...