Nord Stream 2: a pro-European business decision

Greta Gietz // 19.02.2016
In a time where the future of the European Idea and an ever-closer European Union are heavily debated, challenged by …

Regulatory approaches to the sharing economy

18 February 2016
The sharing economy is based on reductions in transaction costs which enable exchanges that were previously not possible. Sharing economy firms …

The bank-sovereign nexus is alive and well

Diego Zuluaga // 16.02.2016
One of the main objectives of post-crisis financial regulation has been the severing of the nexus between large banks and …

Former Swedish MP appointed new Director of EPICENTER

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Gustav Blix as the new Director of EPICENTER. Blix will take on his new post as …

German judges slam EC proposals to reform ISDS

Diego Zuluaga // 05.02.2016
The German Association of Judges has rejected the European Commission’s proposals for a separate public court to handle investment disputes. …

How Italy is doing, without the romance

Giacomo Lev Mannheimer // 03.02.2016
The founder of Public Choice theory, Nobel Laureate James Buchanan, called it “politics without romance”. Buchanan wanted to show …