Ageing Europe

Alessio Mitra // 2 October 2018

Even though the ageing of the European population is not a new phenomenon, its potential effect on European Welfare systems is often under-estimated. According …

2017 Index of Liberalisations: a summary

4 December 2017

The 2017 IBL Index of Liberalisations aims to shed light on the degree of openness of the 28 Member States by examining ten different …

Global Value Chains and EU trade policy

Phoebe Weller // 15 May 2017

Earlier this year, the EU’s Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström spoke in Brussels about the various challenges facing EU trade policy in 2017. Talking Trump, …

The Istituto Bruno Leoni 2016 Index of Liberalisations: a summary

Giovanni Caccavello // 26 January 2017

Last month, EPICENTER’s Italian partner, the Istituto Bruno Leoni (IBL), published the 10th edition of its ‘Index of Liberalisations’ report.

The study, led …

Homer Economicus: The Simpsons and Economics

Instituto Bruno Leoni // 24 January 2017

“Homer Economicus. The Simpsons and Economics” is a book edited by Joshua Hall, currently Associate Professor of Economics at West Virginia University, and published …

European Superindex

Paolo Belardinelli, Instituto Bruno Leoni // 07.12.2016

It has been one year and a half since Professor Nicola Rossi and I started the Superindex at Istituto Bruno Leoni.

The Superindex …

Google’s ‘monopoly’. It’s the market, baby!

Luca Minola, Insituto Bruno Leoni // 07.12.2016

The long-standing saga of the European Union’s battle against Google recently saw the addition of a new chapter. A few days ago an open …

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