Europe
beyond markets
EUROPE
BEYOND MARKETS
The euro was planned during a period in which economic policy making was driven by a deep belief in market liberalism and the near impossibility of systemic financial crises. This belief has been brought into question since the euro crisis, which showed that panics do happen. New thinking needs to focus on developing mechanisms to protect eurozone countries from such panics and to foster economic convergence between members.
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Lessons from the inflation shock: New Economy Short Cut with Jérôme Creel and Peter Bofinger
Lessons from the inflation shock: New Economy Short Cut with Jérôme Creel and Peter Bofinger
KNOWLEDGE BASE
EUROPE
BEYOND MARKETS
The Challenge
The ECB’s continuing program of bond purchases and its emergency lending to struggling banks show the underlying instability of the eurozone.
What Went Wrong
A deep belief in self-regulating markets and market-driven integration failed to lead to convergence. It instead led to divergence and major imbalances.
New Economy in Progress
New research focuses on the policies – macroeconomic, institutional and regulatory – needed to ensure convergence, prevent shocks and improve crisis management.
5 WAYS THAT ARE DISCUSSED TO STRENGTHEN EUROPE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN EUROPE (%, AVAILABLE WORKFORCE), 1995 - 2018
German-French alternative to Euro-Bonds
What's behind Merkel and Macron's 500 billion-dollar proposal. Our update on the reconstruction plans for Germany and Europe.
Forum Seminar: The Economics of the EU‘s Green Deal – Highlights
The EU’s Green Deal is one of the most ambitious EU endeavours to fight climate change. Nevertheless, it still needs more to be more impactful and tangible for people. This has been one of the main common insights of our seminar on the economics of the deal this week in Berlin.
The EU’s Green Deal – on its Macroeconomic Potential
The announcement of a Green Deal for Europe as introduced by the European Commission made huge headlines. Now there is a trillion Euro question to be answered. Is it in reality only a 7.5 billion Euro question? We try to bring clarity with this Framing Paper which we wrote to complement our Green Deal seminar hosted on the 18th of February.
Video: Carlo Jaeger – EU needs a new Innovation Strategy
The Green Deal as currently designed is a big chance but not enough. Carlo Jaeger (Global Climate Forum) advocates for more public investments and a redirection in the innovation strategy in Europe.
The proposed reform of the European Stability Mechanism must be postponed
Eurozone finance ministers reached a preliminary agreement on a reform of the European Stability Mechanism in June, but failed to conclude it last week. The reform is now set to be discussed during the European Council meeting on 12-13 December. Shahin Vallée, Jérémie Cohen-Setton, Paul De Grauwe and Sebastian Dullien write that the proposal should not be endorsed in its current form. They argue it would represent a missed opportunity to secure a broader and more ambitious reform package.
Mario Draghi’s farewell remarks
Mario Draghi, October 28th, 2019
OTHER MAIN TOPICS
New Paradigm
NEW PARADIGM
After decades of overly naive market belief, we urgently need new answers to the great challenges of our time. More so, we need a whole new paradigm to guide us. We collect everything about the people and the community who are dealing with the question of a new paradigm and who analyze the historical and present impact of paradigms and narratives – whether in new contributions, performances, books and events.
Redefining
the role of
the state
REDEFINING
THE ROLE OF
THE STATE
For decades, there was a consensus that reducing the role of the state and cutting public debt would generate wealth. This contributed to a chronic underinvestment in education and public infrastructure. New research focuses on establishing when and how governments need to intervene to better contribute to long-term prosperity and to stabilize rather than aggravate economic fluctuations.
Remaking
finance
REMAKING
FINANCE
More than a decade after the financial crisis there still seems to be something seriously wrong with the financial system. Financial markets still tend to periodically misprice risk and contribute to boom and bust cycles. A better financial system needs to discourage short-termism and speculative activity, curtail systemic risk and distribute wealth more broadly.
Greening
prosperity
GREENING
PROSPERITY
During the high point of market orthodoxy, economists argued that the most 'efficient' way to combat climate change was to simply let markets determine the price of carbon emissions. Today, there is a growing consensus that prices need to be regulated and that a carbon price on its own might not be enough.
Reducing
inequality
REDUCING
INEQUALITY
The rising gap between rich and poor has become a threat to social cohesion in most rich countries. To reverse this trend it will be crucial to better understand the importance of different drivers of income and wealth inequality.
Innovation Lab
INNOVATION LAB
Do we need a whole new understanding of economic growth? What would be a real alternative? How viable are alternatives to GDP when it comes to measuring prosperity? These and other more fundamental challenges are what this section is about.
Globalization
for all
GLOBALIZATION
FOR ALL
After three decades of poorly managed integration, globalization is threatened by social discontent and the rise of populist forces. A new paradigm will need better ways not only to compensate the groups that have lost, but to distribute the gains more broadly from the start.
Corona Crisis
CORONA CRISIS
The current Corona crisis is probably the worst economic crisis of the post-World War 2 era. Economists are working hard on mitigating the economic effects caused by COVID-19 to prevent a second Great Depression, the break-up of the Eurozone and the end of globalisation. We collect the most important contributions.