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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...
Report - 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. Report Co-ordinator Francesco Decarolis.
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.
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.
Bruni Franco
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Franco Bruni
Emeritus Professor, Department of Economics, Bocconi University; President, Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI); Member of the Board of Directors, Banca Sella Holding.
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.
Why we Should Soften the Unanimity Rule in the European Council: an Interview with Herman van Rompuy
The first elected president of the European Council, Herman van Rompuy, discusses how to fix the decision-making process at the EU level
How the EU has Lost its Touch to Strategic Thinking in Geopolitics
“The Commission would like to be taking the lead on defense policy, but defense remains the domain of Member States”. Thomas Gomart is one of the most influential experts on foreign relations and geopolitics at the EU level: he has been director of t...
The idea that Green Tech Could Form the Foundation of a Major Economy is Unrealistic
American, Chinese, and European policymakers seem convinced that supporting high-tech green industries is the key not only to a sustainable future, but also to a prosperous one. But the idea that green tech could form the foundation of a major econom...