From health crisis to economic crisis and now euro area crisis?
my conversation with Jean Pisani-Ferry and Maria Demertzis...
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Coronavirus: the economic prognosis
The coronavirus is going to hit the global economy hard, but how hard? What can policymakers plan for the months ahead? Nicholas Barrett asks Guntram Wolff and Maria Demertzis about economic symptoms and treatments. &nbs...
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Is the EU a superpower?
As China and the US battle for global supremacy, the EU seems to remain in the shadows. But what if the EU had been shaping the world economy all along without anybody noticing? Could its soft power be strong enough to s...
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Can the European Green Deal kill the single market?
The European Green Deal is one of the landmarks of Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission. But, without an ambitious investment behind it, what could be its potential implications for the EU? Could it go as far as to th...
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The EU’s plan to catch up on artificial intelligence
While the US and China have been setting the pace when it comes to Artificial Intelligence, the European Union seems to be lagging behind. What are the Commission’s plans to finally catch up? Will AI increase the g...
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The science of Brexit
Michael Leigh, Maria Demertzis and I discuss the future of EU-UK relations. Our special focus on future collaboration in research and development exemplifies how tricky it will be to reach an agreement....
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AI in Europe: a conversation with Google’s CEO
This week, I talked to Google and Alphabet’s CEO, Sundar Pichai. We focused on AI, why and how it should be regulated and on whether we should worry about big companies like google. And many other things: listen in...
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Interviewing Magrethe Vestager on how competition policy helps “small” people, AI and the role of data and how industrial policy should evolve
Will AI exacerbate the gap between big companies and small ones? Do ordinary Europeans gain anything from having European tech giants? This week, Nicholas Barrett and Guntram Wolff went to the Berlaymont to interview Mar...
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Capture the nodes
How do states exercise power through global economic networks? The multilateral world order is supposed to be harmonious, but by seizing the nodes of production, powerful forces can control access to the global economic ...
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Appellate body politics
This week, the WTO’s Appellate Body, the dispute settlement body, became inoperational: it no longer has the necessary number of judges to render verdicts. What does this mean for international trade and multilater...
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