EU electricity market design reform: too quick a fix for a complex problem?

EU proposals on stimulating energy investment signal a paradigm shift; much more clarity is needed before they can be agreed.

The Belt and Road Initiative 2.0 is all about security

How the Belt and Road Initiative has transformed into a geopolitical tool for China.

The future of work: a transatlantic perspective on challenges and opportunities

A compilation of research outputs from the transatlantic expert group project, in e-book format.

Collective bargaining is associated with lower income inequality

There is a negative correlation between collective bargaining coverage and inequality, but more research is needed to understand why.

A high-level view of the impact of AI on the workforce

A transatlantic study makes the right recommendations on artificial intelligence in the workplace, but work is needed to turn these into practice.

Finding the right balance (sheet): quantitative tightening in the euro area

China’s new regulator hints at a major clean-up of the world’s largest financial sector

Among several institutional changes, the most significant might be the creation of a new nationwide regulator to oversee China’s financial industry.

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The EU Net Zero Industry Act and the risk of reviving past failures

How the EU might respond to clean teach subsidies, in the form of a leaked draft law entitled the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), is deeply worrisome.