How Spain hurts its youth

Agenda setting is both important and difficult. Politics tends to veer towards topical issues which are not always the most relevant. Moreover, parties tend …

Health or the economy? A dangerous dichotomy

During the first of two briefings on Covid-19 in his state, New York governor Andrew Cuomo stated: “If it is public health or the …

Liberal White Smoke in Spain

The National Convention of the People’s Party (PP) which took place earlier this month may well become a turning point in the economic landscape. …

Is the Spanish job creation model fragile? The case of tourism

The situation on the Spanish labour market is being debated by specialists and policy makers with respect to two central questions: on the one …

Spanish Tax Freedom Day

In 2017, the average Spaniard will have worked 178 days in order to fulfill their tax obligations. In other words, Tax Freedom Day, calculated …

The 2017 Spanish General State Budget

Last week, EPICENTER’s Spanish partner, CIVISMO, published a report about the Spanish General State Budget.
 
The 2017 General State Budget, presented on April …

The Solution to the Spanish Pension System

It is increasingly evident that public pensions are going to be hard to sustain in the future: the ratio of workers to pensioners is …

Spain’s new labour market: a success story for free marketeers

Diego Sánchez de la Cruz // 18.07.2016
 
The introduction of a higher degree of flexibility in the Spanish labour market has created one …

Freedom prevails in Spain, for now

Diego Sanchez de la Cruz // 27.06.2016
Spain’s center-right has clearly advanced its electoral position with last Sunday’s General Election. Polls predicted a good …

Tax and labour market reform in Spain: a work in progress

Diego Sánchez de la Cruz // 03.05.2016
When former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and his Socialist party (PSOE) took office in early …

Spain’s unemployment problem – a taxing issue

Diego Zuluaga // 05.11.2015
One of the consequences of the Eurozone crisis has been to popularise the extremely high levels of unemployment now prevalent …