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The unequal inequality impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The author is grateful for comments and suggestions to conference and seminar participants at Bruegel, Institute of Economics of the Corvinus University of Budapest, Rajk College, and the 15th Conference on Social Monitoring and Reporting in Europe. GDP contractions...
Financial literacy and the fearless woman
This opinion piece was originally published in the Money Review section of Kathimerini and is forthcoming in El Economista. In New York’s financial district stands a small bronze sculpture titled the Fearless Girl. The statue was meant to promote female empowerment...
Gender gap in financial literacy: a lack of knowledge or confidence?
Women are less financially literate than men. But does this gap reflect a lack of knowledge or a lack of confidence? To find out Maria Demertzis, deputy director of Bruegel is joined by Annamaria Lusardi, Professor of Economics and Accountancy at the George Washington...
Letter: ‘Strategic autonomy’ is now an EU catchphrase
This Letter was originally published in the Financial Times in response to an opinion by Philip Stephens on supply chain ‘sovereignty’. Philip Stephens’ article “Supply chain ‘sovereignty’ will undo the gains of globalisation” (Opinion, March 19) rightly draws...
New EU insolvency rules could underpin business rescue in the COVID-19 aftermath
One of the less-remarked consequences of the COVID-19 crisis, the associated lockdowns and the unprecedented collapse in demand experienced by some companies, has been a dramatic fall in business defaults and insolvencies. In a normal year, just under 200,000...
How has COVID-19 affected inflation measurement in the euro area?
It might seem minor alongside the huge damage to people and economies done by COVID-19, but one of the consequences of the pandemic has been to throw into disarray the measurement of inflation. Eurostat’s final estimate for inflation in the euro-area in January 2021...
Form a climate club: United States, European Union and China
This article was originally published on Nature. Copyright remains with Nature at all times. The United States, the European Union and China together emit half of the world’s greenhouse gases. They must come together to cut domestic emissions and levy a carbon tax on...
Interest in European matters: a glass three-quarters full?
The authors would like to thank Michael Leigh, André Sapir, Guntram Wolff, Nicolas Véron, Joris Melman and Lorenzo Benadusi for useful suggestions and comments. Klaas Lenaerts provided intelligent research assistance. A disconnect between European Union integration...
An update: Vaccination in the EU
The slow pace of COVID-19 vaccinations in the EU has been a cause of great concern, and with good reason. It is causing loss of life and well-being, as well as harm to the EU economy. When we say that the pace of vaccination is slow, it is natural to ask: compared to...
Keeping momentum on good governance
Pandemic aside, the past year has seen renewed discussions in Europe on transparency and good governance as the EU takes an unprecedented role in health policy and procurement and in the creation of common debt. As part of an ongoing effort to capture a wide range of...
The four pillars of a digital strategy
This opinion piece was originally published in the Money Review section of Kathimerini and is forthcoming in El Economista. On 9 March, the European Commission published a Digital Compass to help advance EU ambitions for a digital transformation by 2030. The proposals...