# Blog, Interviews

Can climate change be tackled without ditching economic growth?

The ultimate answer to the question on whether climate change can be tackled without ditching economic growth depends on our willingness to step up climate action massively. This piece originally appeared in Corriere del...

27th September 2021 by Klaas Lenaerts, Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff 389 views

# Publications

Can climate change be tackled without ditching economic growth?

Higher levels of economic activity tend to go hand-in-hand with additional energy use and consumption of natural resources. As fossil fuels still account for 80 percent of the global energy mix, energy consumption remain...

17th September 2021 by Klaas Lenaerts, Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff 191 views

# podcast

What should public spending look like?

Here’s what’s clear: public spending is on the rise. Public expenditure ratios have quadrupled since 1870, and increased even more in the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Is that good or bad? What does responsible public spendi...

14th July 2021 by Guntram Wolff 223 views

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# Publications

The great COVID-19 divergence: managing a sustainable and equitable recovery in the European Union

I presented this paper at the informal Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) meeting in Lisbon on 21-22 May 2021. It was covered by the FT and other papers. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the biggest global r...

24th May 2021 by GRÉGORY CLAEYS, ZSOLT DARVAS, MARIA DEMERTZIS AND GUNTRAM B. WOLFF 337 views

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# Blog

Europe has an artificial-intelligence skills shortage

This blog post was first published by www.bruegel.org However intelligent artificial intelligence might be, it still relies on qualified humans, of which there is a notable lack in the European Union. In 2019, German fir...

31st August 2020 by JULIA ANDERSON, PACO VIRY, GUNTRAM B. WOLFF 1234 views

# podcast

Will COVID-19 boost the euro as a global currency?

The euro is, by definition an international currency. However, since being established in the late 90s the single currency has always been somewhat less than the sum of it’s parts and has yet to challenge the US do...

5th June 2020 by Guntram Wolff 899 views

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# Publications

Rebooting Europe: a framework for a post COVID-19 economic recovery

COVID-19 has triggered a severe recession and policymakers in European Union countries are providing generous, largely indiscriminate, support to companies. As the recession gets deeper, a more comprehensive strategy is ...

15th May 2020 by Julia Anderson, Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram B. Wolff 780 views

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# Publications

What drives national implementation of EU policy recommendations?

We use a newly-compiled dataset to investigate whether and why European Union countries implement the economic policy recommendations they receive from the EU. We find that implementation rates are modest and have worsen...

25th April 2019 by KONSTANTINOS EFSTATHIOU AND GUNTRAM B. WOLFF 1406 views

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# Publications

Promoting sustainable and inclusive growth and convergence in the European Union

This Policy Contribution was written for the Informal ECOFIN Meeting, Bucharest, 5 April 2019. The authors look at the EU’s economic agenda, discussing the priorities for the next five years. It can be downloaded HERE. M...

5th April 2019 by Maria Demertzis, André Sapir, Guntram Wolff 1852 views

# podcast

How to make Industry 4.0 work for Europe

I discusses Industry 4.0 with Harvard University Berkman Klein fellow Padmashree Gehl Sampath....

2nd April 2019 by Guntram Wolff 970 views