Blog
December 14, 2018
The practice of economic sanctions is not new. 2,400 years ago, Athens declared a trade embargo on the neighbouring city state of Megara, strangling the city’s trade. But it is in the modern age that sanctions have become a popular tool of foreign policy. So, do sanctions work?
December 11, 2018
External aviation policy in Europe was preceded by bilateral agreements between countries. At this time, aviation markets were divided up by country and dominated by national carriers.
December 6, 2018
With the Italian Parliament still deep into its summer break, several important political and economic questions are gripping the minds of many voters.
November 12, 2018
In a world of increasing economic protectionism, the EU claims to remain committed to free and fair international trade.
October 1, 2018
In many ways the EU acts like a customs union when it comes to migration that leads to employment.
August 23, 2018
I ordered 200 millilitres of e-cigarette fluid from my online retailer this week. Not a large quantity – it is barely a third of a pint – and yet it came in twenty separate bottles, as it always does.
August 7, 2018
Picture yourself at a friend’s house. Your Samsung phone buzzes, alerting you to low battery, but you’ve left your charger at home. You ask your friends to borrow one of theirs but, alas, you’re alone in a sea of iPhone users.
July 18, 2018
The European Commission decision in the Google Android case illustrates the difference in approach to antitrust issues between the US and EU. It also illustrates that antitrust regulators are yet to understand the fundamental economic drivers of the new media economy, and technology in general.
June 4, 2018
The EU member states have agreed that 20 million people should be lifted out of poverty by 2020. However, the measure that the European Commission uses does not capture poverty but inequality. This mismeasurement leads to erroneous conclusions about the nature and extent of poverty in Europe, as well as how it should be tackled.
