LATEST RESEARCH

The economic damage inflicted by production taxes

24 November 2021

Production taxes in France have long been a contentious issue closely linked to employment and wage growth. France currently sets one of the highest …

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Changing competences

21 October 2021

The European Union often concludes international trade agreements, which contain shared competences with the Member States (the so-called mixed competences agreements), thus they require …

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Why tax competition benefits Europe

19 October 2021

The latest International Tax Competitiveness Index, published by the Tax Foundation, illustrates the wide variation in the quality of tax systems across Europe. Many …

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Raising barriers

14 October 2021

The voting patterns of political parties in the national parliaments of Greece, Italy and Spain, and of their members of the European Parliament, show …

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The DSA and Small and Medium Enterprises as users of online services

13 October 2021

The proposed EU Digital Services Act (DSA) aims to protect users of digital services, but unfortunately it also creates serious new risks for both …

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Mind the Gap: Pay Transparency Provisions in the EU

11 August 2021

The European Commission seeks to strengthen the principle of equal pay for work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and …

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FROM THE BLOG

Will the 2020s be a good decade for classical liberals?

27 January 2022 // Alexander Hammond & Chris Snowdon

YES – says Alexander Hammond
It is unlikely that most people will be rampant classical liberals by 2030. Still, for the remainder of …

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Energy price hikes: less moralising, more economics

Bruno Prior // 20 January 2020

The energy-price crisis is an economic problem.
It is not a moral problem. It is a matter of bringing supply and demand for various …

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The Reform of Fiscal Discipline Rules should not be rushed

Heikki Koskenkylä // 13 January 2022

Fiscal Rules of the European Union
Olaf Scholz, the new German Chancellor, visited French President Emmanuel Macron on 14 December to discuss questions regarding …

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Classical liberalism and the geopolitical stand-off with Russia

Edwin van de Haar // 7 January 2022

Generations of students of international relations (IR) at British universities have learned that liberals detest war and actively seek possibilities to eradicate conflict out …

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The cracks in China’s economy

Alvaro Martin // 16 December 2021

The Chinese real estate giant Evergrande has been a popular topic of conversation in recent weeks. It is not only the company’s liabilities of …

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The decline in poverty and the increase in the number of billionaires go hand in hand

Rainer Zitelmann // 7 December 2021

The Index of Economic Freedom, which is compiled every year by the Heritage Foundation, shows that the most capitalist countries have an average per capita …

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