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August 7, 2017
Published by EPICENTER on August 7, 2017
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The Mirage of a ‘Clean Brexit’

When I went to a gym for the first time, in 1998 or so, membership options were very straightforward: you were either a member, or you weren’t. Some gyms would allow you to vary the length of the contracting period, but that was the height of flexibility.
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August 1, 2017
Published by EPICENTER on August 1, 2017
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Ever Freer Union? Economic Freedom and the EU

By performing an econometric analysis on the Fraser Institute’s “Economic Freedom of the World: Annual Report 2015,” it is found that EU membership is positively associated with economic freedom.
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August 1, 2017
Published by EPICENTER on August 1, 2017
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The CCCTB is Not the Corporate Tax Reform the EU Needs

According to the Commission, the new CCCTB initiative is the most ambitious corporate tax reform ever proposed in the EU. However, despite the most noble intentions, the proposal presents a number of fundamental problems.
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August 1, 2017
Published by EPICENTER on August 1, 2017
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Excessive Labour Market Regulation Will Not Help to Combat Inequality

On 28 September 2017, the European Parliament Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL) will vote on an initiative by Spanish MEP Javi Lopez (S&D) on combating inequalities as a lever to boost job creation and growth.
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August 1, 2017
Published by EPICENTER on August 1, 2017
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Businesses and Data Protection: Are European Firms Ready?

The French Council of State recently asked the European Court of Justice to settle a case determining whether search engines such as Google and Microsoft’s Bing must apply the “Right to be Forgotten” to global domains.
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July 27, 2017
Published by EPICENTER on July 27, 2017
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Tax Freedom Day 2017

The purpose of this study is to compare the tax and social security burdens of individual employees earning typical salaries in each of the 28 member states of the European Union and, in doing so, to determine a “tax liberation day” — measuring how much of each year’s work is devoted to paying taxes — for workers in each country.
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