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How the Politics of Illusions Threatens Democracy - A Keynote Speech by Mario Monti
The Honorary President of the IEP@BU Mario Monti opened the international conference "Democracy Today," organized by the Konstantinos Karamanlis Foundation in Athens, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Greece's transition to democracy
Inflation, the Fed and the US Elections
The fact that prices have risen considerably compared to four years ago will matter more to most voters when voting, and not that they have caused growth to slow
Bruni Franco
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Franco Bruni
Emeritus Professor, Department of Economics, Bocconi Un; President, Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI); Member of the Board of Directors, Banca Sella Holding.
What Trump’s Re-Election Reveals about the Nature of the European Union
The narrative of the EU as a peace project is that it allowed Europeans to reject military investments on the basis of the excuse that we were living in a post-war society. This is not true
Who’s Afraid of ‘Tariff Man’?
A second term for Donald Trump could structurally intensify the trend toward trade fragmentation, heightening tensions, particularly between the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies.
Assessing the ECB’s Monetary Policy Stance by Comparing Tightening Cycles
The main finding is that at the peak of the latest tightening cycle, the ECB monetary policy stance was no more restrictive than it was at the peak of the two preceding ones; actually, probably less.
Much Money, Little Capital, and Few Reforms - The 2023 Banking Turmoil
While past reforms have helped, more are needed to ensure financial stability in a rapidly changing economic environment, with a focus on preventing future crises through better regulation, supervision, and coordination of monetary and financial stab...
The Interplay of Technology and Geopolitics: How will AI shape the Future World?
A new meeting of the series of Working Lunch organized by IEP@BU and ECFR. With Gaia Rubera and Giorgos Verdi.
Verdi Giorgos
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Giorgos Verdi
Giorgos Verdi is a policy fellow with the European Power programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations. His research focuses on the implications of critical and emerging technologies for the EU’s competitiveness, economic security, and foreign policy.