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June 3, 2026

One Size Fits None: The Ecodesign Regulation’s Problem with Small Business

The EU’s new Ecodesign Regulation is presented as technical environmental policy, but – contrary to the ambitions to reduce the regulatory burden – it means that both companies’ scope for innovation and consumers’ freedom of choice are curtailed.
September 30, 2025

Draghi’s Dilemma: Competitiveness, Great Power Competition, and Europe’s Next Move

A year after the release of the Draghi Report, little progress has been made in implementing the reforms that were mapped as urgent. The current political rhetoric of the Commission calling for Europe to wake up and calling for urgency in implementing reforms, is inconsistent with the pace of action.
November 11, 2020

Economically Free Countries Have Fewer and Less Severe Economic Crises

With most of the world in a deep economic crisis due to coronavirus and the government reactions to it, knowledge of effective crisis policy has become salient.

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EPICENTER publications and contributions from our member think tanks are designed to promote the discussion of economic issues and the role of markets in solving economic and social problems. As with all EPICENTER publications, the views expressed here are those of the author and not EPICENTER or its member think tanks (which have no corporate view).