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The past, present and future of European welfare states

Over the past decade, European welfare states have undergone dramatic transformations, a process further accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. This event will take stock of these changes and explore future directions for ...

Europe at the Crossroads: Turning Today’s Poly-Crisis Into Tomorrow’s Poly-Opportunity

Roth Gilles

Gilles Roth

Minister of Finance, Luxembourg

European Defense Expenditure: Does the EU and its Member States try Harder than We Think?

While defense procurement and production remain fragmented across Europe and the EU and its member states invest less in their security and defense than the US, new EU and EU-sponsored initiatives demonstrate that Europeans are aware of this and atte...

EJPE CONFERENCE ON POLITICAL ECONOMY

From research to policy brief - IEP@BU monthly brainstorming sessions

Policy Brief - Cost of Failure and Competitiveness in Disruptive Innovation

We find that the profitability of high-risk tech companies, associated with high rates of failure, is very dependent on the cost of restructuring, which itself is driven by employment protection legislation.

Yann Coatanlem

Yann Coatanlem is an economist and entrepreneur. A co-founder of GlassView, the inventors of Neuro-Powered Media, he was previously head of several research departments at Salomon Brothers and Citigroup. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of DataCore Innovations LLC, a Fin Tech start-up specialized in “antifragile” investment strategies.

Oliver Coste

Oliver Coste is an entrepreneur and a corporate executive of the tech industry. He currently provides consulting services for companies active in Artificial Intelligence.

After working at the European Commission (DG Competition, then Cabinet of Commissioner de Silguy), he joined the office of the French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, where he worked namely on the transformation of Airbus into an integrated company. He worked for Alcatel-Lucent where he managed several activities with European or worldwide presence and created a mobile television business which got traction in Europe, the USA and India.

Innovation and Competitiveness: at What Price?

The report on The Future of European Competitiveness presented by Mario Draghi provides a clarion call for economic reforms to stop Europe’s relative decline. This short comment cannot do justice to the report with over 300 pages of supporting ...