Podcast
New kid in the playground: China's antitrust push
How is China’s antitrust push being weaponised to counter western sanctions?
Podcast
How is China’s antitrust push being weaponised to counter western sanctions?
Opinion
Cryptocurrencies are here to stay but are unlikely to be considered a credible alternative to money anytime soon.
Blog Post
Leaders with science training have not outperformed other leaders in terms of their countries’ coronavirus responses - nor have women or populists.
Working Paper
Can research and innovation policies power growth? The answer currently can only be a timid yes. Too little is known of what drives the actual effects of R&I policies.
Opinion
It is in everybody's interest for China to level the playing field among state-owned, private, and foreign companies so that no new distortionary measures need to be taken elsewhere.
Book/Special report
The Bruegel annual report provides a broad overview of the organisation's work in the previous year.
Podcast
IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath joins Bruegel Director Guntram Wolff to discuss the uneven recovery from the pandemic with a live clubhouse audience.
Blog Post
Algorithmic management is the twenty-first century’s scientific management. Job quality measures should be included explicitly in health and safety risk assessments for workplace artificial-intelligence systems.
Blog Post
Despite the pandemic, China’s interest in overseas M&A started to rebound in late 2020, with European industrial companies still of particular interest.
Working Paper
Escape variants can cause new waves of COVID-19 and put vaccination strategies at risk. To prevent or delay the global spread of these waves, virus mobility needs to be minimised through screening and testing strategies, which should also cover vaccinated people. The costs of these strategies are minimal compared to the costs to health, society and economy from another wave.
Policy Contribution
Sovereign debt will be vital in stimulating sustainable investment, but information is lacking on how green public spending actually is.
Podcast
The nature of money is under scrutiny as central banks begin pondering issuing digital currencies