Is technology change neutral? This question is essential in the discussion under the scope of the future of work. In this episode, Bruegel’s own Giuseppe Porcaro and Mario Mariniello speak to David Spencer about the nature of technology, its impact on the quantity and...
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Decarbonisation of energy
This briefing paper was prepared for the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE). The study is available on the European Parliament’s online database, ‘ThinkTank‘. Copyright remains with the European Parliament at all...
Including home-ownership costs in the inflation indicator is not just a technical issue
This blog post is based on a study prepared for the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON). The study is available on the European Parliament’s website. Sixty-six percent of euro-area households live in the home they own. This comes...
Fiscal arithmetic and risk of sovereign insolvency
The author would like to thank Giovanni Sgaravatti, Guntram Wolff and Stavros Zenios for their comments on the earlier version of this blog post. Rapidly growing public debt Fiscal policy responses to the global financial crisis (GFC) of 2007-2009, the European...
Goodbye Glasgow: what’s next for global climate action?
The world is on track for a 2.4°C global temperature increase above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century if countries stick to the 2030 emissions reduction targets (in jargon, nationally determined contributions, NDCs) they submitted in Glasgow (CAT, IEA,...
Growth and inflation after the pandemic in the EU
This opinion piece was originally published in the Money Review section of Kathimerini, the Cyprus Mail and by the Cyprus Economics Society and is forthcoming in El Economista. The European economy is rebounding faster than expected according to figures published by...
Biometric technologies at work: a proposed use-based taxonomy
This Policy Contribution was produced within the project ‘Future of Work and Inclusive Growth in Europe’, with the financial support of the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth Biometric technologies have in principle the potential to significantly improve worker...
Pandemonium
In this episode of The Sound of Economics, political theorist and historian Luuk van Middelaar joins us to talk about his latest book ‘Pandemonium’. He argues that the COVID-19 pandemic is a test of the European Union’s resilience, and its response demonstrates the...
Glasgow: a clearer sense of direction but with no hard numbers
This opinion piece was originally published in Corriere della Sera. COP26 ended on a mixed note. Global climate action is visibly accelerating and Glasgow did play an important role in channelling an increased sense of urgency into a clearer action plan for the coming...
European Union countries’ National Recovery and Resilience Plans: A cross-country comparison
On 12 November 2021, Bruegel’s Senior fellow Simone Tagliapietra presented testimony before the Economic Affairs Committee of the French Senate on the European Union countries’ national recovery and resilience plans. The presentation was based on Bruegel’s dataset on...
Instruments of a strategic foreign economic policy
The Kiel Institute for the World Economy, DIW Berlin and Bruegel thank the German Federal Foreign Office for funding this study. The views expressed are those of the authors. The separation of security and economic objectives in foreign policy, which was often sought...
Towards efficient information sharing in network markets
Our paper has benefitted from inspiring discussions with Erik Brynjolfsson, Luis Cabral, Rebecca Christie, Maria Demertzis, Erika Douglas, Nestor Duch-Brown, Justus Haucap, Jan Krämer , Maciej Sobolewski, Sebastian Steffen, Tommaso Valletti, Reinhilde Veugelers,...