How to make Industry 4.0 work for Europe
I discusses Industry 4.0 with Harvard University Berkman Klein fellow Padmashree Gehl Sampath....
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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...
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A Jamaican Germany could be good for Europe
A shortened version of this opinion piece has been published by the Financial Times. Germany has voted – and the result has been a shock to Germans and to Europe. The AfD – an extremely right wing, and in part neo-nazi, ...
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How the G20 should change its approach to migration and development in Africa
Versions of this article have also been published in Capital, The Daily Telegraph, Dienas Bizness, Nikkei Asian Review, Nikkei Veritas, Süddeutsche Zeitung. The G20 has recently turned its eyes on Africa. Its fina...
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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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Making the best of the European single market
Now more than ever, the EU needs to address concerns about the significant decline in productivity growth and the increasing perception of unfairness. Completing the single market would unlock the EU’s growth poten...
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What will drive political uncertainty in 2017?
My end-of-year opinion piece, published in numerous international and national outlets. (Nikkei Asian Review, Nikkei Veritas, El Pais, DB.lv, capital.bg, Managermagazin … ) As 2016 draws to a close, a sense...
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An anatomy of inclusive growth in Europe
This Blueprint offers an in-depth analysis of inequalities of income and wealth in the EU, as well as their causes and consequences. How evenly are the benefits of growth distributed in our economies, and what does this ...
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Draghi enteignet die Sparer nicht
This text was published in Manager Magazin. Debatte über die EZB ja – aber bitte sachlich Die EZB reagiert mit ihrer Geldpolitik nur auf die schwache wirtschaftliche Lage. Sie ist nicht dafür zuständig, für hohe R...
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