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Corporation Tax and the Digital Single Market
By Diego Zuluaga, Institute of Economic Affairs & EPICENTER Tax policy has featured prominently in discussions of the EU’s digital economy for some time. Unfortunately, much of the...
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Net Freedom Instead of Net Neutrality For a Successful Digital Market
By Cécile Philippe, Director, Institut économique Molinari The Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy for Europe includes several initiatives to be delivered by the end of 2016. Among them, an...
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Europe and the Digital Economy: How can it Expand Faster?
Europe, it is said, is a digital laggard. In some ways, it is obvious. Access to superfast mobile or broadband access, for instance, is poor in many parts of Europe, including regions that consider...
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Migration Seen From Brussels
Much talk and attention in recent weeks to the streams of migrants heading across the Mediterranean to Italy and Malta, and to the large numbers of them that have drowned (over 1800 this year). Seen...
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Capaldo Fails to Convince
In October 2014, Jeronim Capaldo published a paper (hereafter Capaldo 2014) suggesting TTIP to cause severe negative economic implications for Europe. In a recent paper, we point to the fundamental...
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What is the Future of UK Trade if the Referendum Results in an Exit from the EU?
The formulation of the title makes it clear that we are talking of economics - the world of trade and commerce - rather than geopolitics - foreign and security policy. This also makes sense since it...
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The Spiral of Silence – How Anti-TTIP Groups Dominate German Online Media and Set the Tone for TTIP Opinion
In Germany, a few anti-TTIP groups are waging a resolute battle against TTIP in online media. Compared to both German industry associations and labour unions, which are the traditional bodies...
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The EU, ISDS and a Failed Consultation
In the small pond of European trade and investment-policy wonks, the European Commission made some waves two weeks ago when it finally reported on the responses to its consultation over...
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So Now What? Syriza’s Victory and the Quest for Debt Relief
A strange discussion has followed on the heels of Syriza’s election victory on Sunday evening. Several clever economists and observers – some with ideological leanings to the left, others not –...
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TTIP in 2015: The View from Brussels
Is 2015 realistic for conclusion of the deal? This interview in POLITICO with Hosuk Lee-Makiyama and MEP Marietje Schaake, published in POLITICO is available for the subscribers of Politico Pro. It...