If you need to hear more reasons, bend your ear to the Hayek Foundation’s analysis, which hammers home the numerous flaws of the recent proposed EU laws.
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Communism’s curse: lasting inequalities in Germany
A new report from the IWH in Halle documents lingering economic disparities between the former West and East Germanies, including lower productivity in the former East. The report also recommends focusing investment on cities as vehicles for technological innovation.
Hungarian economy raced in 2018, but challenges mounting
Hungary’s economy grew at the smoking rate of 4.8% in 2018, second only to Poland, according to GKI Research. But economic headwinds are growing: GKI notes that Hungary’s deficit and inflation rates are among the highest in Europe, while a new raft of government spending is now rolling out.
ECB expansion policy at odds with German perceptions
According to the DIW the ECB’s return to expansionary policy is both correct and likely to contrast significantly with the German public’s perceptions, which skew financially conservative. Might this be a new source of tension between Germany and the EU?
Don’t worry, French intellectuals just as abject over Venezuela
Generation Libre points out that French intellectuals have been just as craven in their apologies for the Venezuelan regime. And further reminds us that such apologetics have a long history, both in France and elsewhere.
A thousand times “No” to the upload filter!
Okay, maybe just four times. But the Freiheit.org think tank is scathing in its rejection of the automated upload filter proposed as part of a new digital regulation, listing four concise but highly convincing reasons to reject the idea.
France’s exports: Qu’est-ce qui ne va pas? (French)
CEPII analyzes France’s trade woes: exports are growing slowly and haven’t reached pre-2008 financial crisis rates. What’s holding them back? A lack of competitiveness, as well as macroeconomic imbalances across the euro area and low foreign investment.
US-UK trade demands foreshadow disappointing deal
There’s good news and bad news for British free traders in the U.S. trade representative’s outlines for a U.S.-U.K. trade treaty. On the reasonable side are U.S. demands in agriculture, industrial goods and services. But the Trump Administration appears determined to maintain a number of totemic protectionist measures. More from the Free […]
“Swindled” Italian bank customers STILL waiting
Italian bank customers who lost their savings and were awarded repayment are still waiting, notes Farefuturo in a fairly blistering article (original in Italian).
Employers need help integrating refugees
While the economic problems facing refugee populations and host countries can only be solved through private employment, governments can do more to help employers who are trying to hire refugees, argue analysts from the European Policy Centre. The report lists a number of areas where EU authorities might be able to help make it easier […]