In a recent column on Project Syndicate, George Papaconstantinou looks back at the Greek experience in 2015, comparing that experience with Brexit. “Unlike the United Kingdom, Greece is one of the European Union’s smaller economies, notorious for its weak institutions Read More …

“When facts change, I change my mind,” John Maynard Keynes famously said. With long-term interest rates currently near zero, the European Union should reform its fiscal framework to allow member states to increase their debt-financed public investments. Jean Pisani-Ferry reflects Read More …

Professor Jean Pisani-Ferry published a new policy paper in the Policy Paper Series of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (2019/14). Economic multilateralism briefly flourished in the 1990s in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union and Read More …

For decades, Europe has served as a steward of the post-war liberal order, ensuring that economic rules are enforced and that national ambitions are subordinated to shared goals within multilateral bodies. But with the United States and China increasingly mixing Read More …

“Europeans want to tax Google in Europe, but they don’t want China to tax Louis Vuitton in China.” On 18-19 February 2019, the OECD in Paris hosted the seminar ‘Taxation Governance in Global Markets: Challenges, Risks and Opportunities’. Taxation remains Read More …

The seminar ‘The history of governance of trade and international finance’ was held at the European University Institute in Florence on 14 November 2018. This seminar discussed the history of the architecture of economic challenges, starting from the changes in the Read More …

George Papaconstantinou and Jean Pisani-Ferry visited New York and Washington DC during the week starting 17th September, to present and discuss the Transformation of Global Governance project of the European University Institute with policy-makers, think tanks and academics. Read the Read More …