Veugelers, Reinhilde, (2017), “Remaking Europe: the new manufacturing as an engine for growth“, Bruegel, 7 Σεπτεμβρίου Europe needs to know how it can realise the potential for industrial rejuvenation. How well are European firms responding to the new opportunities for growth, and in which global value chains are they developing these new activities? The policy discussion on the future of manufacturing requires an understanding of the changing role of manufacturing …Read More
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Juncker’s Make-or-Break Presidency
Merritt, G. (2014) “Juncker’s Make-or-Break Presidency“, Project Syndicate, 09 Ιουλίου. Some say that political theater, not policies, drives democracies, and that’s certainly true of the drama – with comic overtones – that has been playing out in the European Union. The European Parliament elections in late May highlighted the “big picture” of the EU’s accelerating unpopularity; yet that warning was quickly eclipsed by the much smaller question of who …Read More
No Industry, no Future?
Fontagné, L., Mohnen, P. and Wolff, G. (2014), ” No Industry, no Future?“, Bruegel, 19 Ιουνίου. In a context of weak growth, high unemployment, unbalanced public finances and persistent external deficit,we are witnessing the return of a proactive approach to industrial policy and, even in France the return of direct intervention in industry. Sector-focused public intervention is thus once again conceivable, while industry is once more perceived as a reservoir …Read More
Product Market Review 2013-Financing the Real Economy
European Commission, (2013), “Product Market Review 2013-Financing the Real Economy”, European Economy, 8/2013, Brussels. The Product Market Review published every two years focuses on the role of product market reforms. This edition’s focus is on the interaction between the real economy and the financial sector, asking the question: to what extent does the crisis in the financial sector cast a shadow on economic activity? The relationship between access to finance …Read More
Manufacturing Europe’s Future
Veugelers, R. (ed.), (2013), Manufacturing Europe’s Future, Brussels: Bruegel. ‘Industrial policy is back!’ This is the message given in the European Commission’s October 2012 communication on industrial policy (COM(2012) 582 final), which seeks to reverse the declining role of the manufacturing industry, and increase its share of European Union GDP from about 16 percent currently to above 20 percent. Historical evidence suggests that the goal is unlikely to be achieved. …Read More