L. Codogno, G. Galli: Populism and the Broken Engine of the Italian Economy

In Italy, the temptation to go back in time, or shut the door to Europe and globalisation is strong, especially after a ...

April 18, 2018

L. Codogno – Greece: Clean exit, for whom?

There seems to be a strong convergence of interests between the Greek government, the European Commission and Eurozone M...

April 3, 2018

C. Bastasin: The Italian Election and the Reform of the Euro Area

Italy’s current electoral campaign has been unprecedented in at least two regards. First,its uncertain outcome is ...

February 13, 2018

M. Messori, S. Micossi – Counterproductive Proposals on Euro Area Reform by French and German Economists

In their CEPR Policy Insight No. 91, Bénassy-Quéré et al. (2018) offer a comprehensive and sophisticated attempt t...

February 13, 2018

L. Bini Smaghi: Reconciling risking sharing with market discipline

The policy paper published by 14 French and German economists in the CEPR Policy Insights series (CPI91) presents a seri...

January 30, 2018

C. Bastasin, M. Messori, G. Toniolo – The Italian Public Debt: A Proposal

The high level of national public debt in Italy represents an impediment to the Italian economy and an element of risk f...

January 14, 2018

C. Bastasin: A bipartisan public debt agreement for Italy

The reduction of government debt overhang in Italy remains a key national and European policy priority. In fact, Italy&#...

November 27, 2017

S. Micossi: A BLUEPRINT FOR COMPLETING THE BANKING UNION

Completing the banking union is an urgent project facing the EU, given the eurozone’s continued vulnerability to idios...

November 27, 2017

S. Micossi: ELEMENTS TO ADVANCE AGREEMENT ON EDIS

The political situation in France (and hopefully in Germany) is creating a window of opportunity that must be seized. Th...

October 31, 2017