Brexit will change millions of lives. Our leaders must do more than posture
My latest opinion piece in The Guardian/ The Observer. Brexit negotiations have got off to a bad start: that much at least is clear. The leaking of details about May and Juncker’s dinner conversation was unhelpful. Domes...
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Europa sinnvoll gestalten
This opinion piece was published in FAZ on Friday, 28 April, 2017. Weder gute Wachstums- und Beschäftigungszahlen noch das schlechter als erwartete Abschneiden des Populisten Geert Wilders können darüber hinwegtäu...
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The global decline in the labour income share: is capital the answer to Germany’s current account surplus?
This policy contribution was published by Bruegel. Please find the pdf here. The piece was nicely covered by Martin Wolf in the FT. This paper links the major divergences between the three largest euro-area countries in ...
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Ein europäischer Währungsfond?
My comments on a European Monetary Fund given to WDR German radio are here and here...
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Global outlook and policy priorities – A conversation with Christine Lagarde and Guntram B. Wolff
On April 12 Bruegel organised an event with Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, who spoke about the global outlook and policy priorities ahead of the upcoming 2017 IMF Spring Meetings...
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Looking at Europe’s future from within
My speech at the WIIW in Vienna. Guntram Wolff (Bruegel) presented five priority areas for the European Union during his keynote speech at the wiiw Spring Seminar. Watch his full presentation here. As Director of the eco...
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EU Hilfen für Afrika: Warum sie nicht schnell Migration senken werden
Mein Interview für ZDF ist hier und hier. ...
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Europe’s role in North Africa: development, investment and migration
Paper prepared for, and presented at, the informal ECOFIN meeting of EU finance ministers in Malta on 8 April 2017. The paper is available here. Executive summary Africa’s population is projected to reach almost 2.5 bill...
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