# Blog

A Brexit deal is still not achieved

The UK paper should be seriously considered. While it breaks a number of European red-lines, it is also an attempt to solve some issues. The question is whether the EU will be ready to seriously negotiate. Geo-strategic ...

14th July 2018 by Guntram Wolff 2850 views

# podcast

The drama of the EU and the euro area

I discuss with Ashoka Mody, visiting professor in international economic policy at Princeton University his latest book “Euro tragedy: a drama in nine acts”. We talk about the legacy of Helmut Kohl, the role...

28th June 2018 by Guntram Wolff 2089 views

# Blog

Making Italy grow again

This opinion piece was published in Corriere Della Sera and Bruegel. The coalition agreement signed in May between the Five Star Movement (M5S) and the League foresees new large spending items – most notably the flat tax...

26th June 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1849 views

# Blog

Die Unternehmensteuer muss reformiert werden

Der deutsche Kapitalstock schrumpft. Das liegt zum einen an sinkenden Investitionen von Unternehmen. Eine Reform der Unternehmensteuer könnte helfen. This opinion piece was published in Handelsblatt. Deutschland benötigt...

25th June 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1695 views

# Blog

Griechenland braucht einen Neuanfang

This was first published by Die Zeit. Acht Jahre nach Beginn des ersten Hilfsprogramms für Griechenland ist es soweit – Griechenland soll wieder auf eigenen Füßen stehen. Die Eurogruppe soll heute das Ende des dri...

21st June 2018 by Guntram Wolff 2064 views

# Blog

Understanding (the lack of) German public investment

An array of data suggests that there is a general lack of investment by all branches of the German government, despite running budget surpluses for several years. This blog post plots the progression of the public invest...

20th June 2018 by Guntram Wolff 3229 views

# Interviews

European banking union package of Meseberg very weak

my interview with Bloomberg TV in Sintra 2018....

20th June 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1366 views

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# Publications

Is the European Semester effective and useful?

We study whether and to what extent EU countries implement recommendations on macroeconomic imbalances given by the EU in the so-called European Semester. Overall implementation of recommendations by EU countries has wor...

13th June 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1720 views

# podcast

Central banking and the problem of unelected power

Paul Tucker, former deputy governor of the Bank of England, joins me to discuss the thesis of his new book, as well as the current tensions within current models of central banking governance. We discuss whether the ECB ...

5th June 2018 by Guntram Wolff 2126 views

# Blog

Trägt Deutschland eine Mitschuld an Italiens Krise?

Dieser Text wurde zuerst von der Zeit veröffentlicht. “Italien hat mal wieder eine Krise – aber mit uns hat das Ganze nichts zu tun”: So lautet der fast einstimmige Tenor vieler Diskussionen zu den dramatisch...

5th June 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1614 views