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The invisible workers
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 01/09/2020
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Policy dead-end: Central Banks’ continued use of DSGE Models0
- Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 15/11/2016
The financial crisis ushered in an era where monetary policy has been disproportionately tasked with mending a sluggish economy. Central banks have taken, far from their original remit, extraordinary, and historically unprecedented steps in an attempt to boost economic activity, stabilise financial markets and spur inflation. With central banks wielding ever-greater influence on economic policy, the continued use of questionable policy-setting models, such as the Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium or DSGE model, should be reviewed.
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Poland and the rule of law: financial sticks, political carrots?0
- EU Governance and Politics, Op-ed
- 08/05/2018
After much debate, the European Commission chose to initiate the infamous ‘Article 7 procedure’ against Poland in December 2017. As the name already implies, this procedure is established in article 7 of the Treaty of the European Union (TEU) and designed to be able to take action against member states that risk breaching EU values.
READ MOREPokémon GO: To regulate or not to regulate?18
Pokémons are running amok in the digital world and children and adults alike are running amok in the real world trying to catch them: since its release in July 2016, the augmented-reality mobile game Pokémon GO has taken the world by storm. The unprecedented popularity of the game and player experiences have raised safety and privacy concerns however, leading many to question whether or not policymakers should now regulate augmented-reality games such as Pokémon GO.
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Pluralism in a favela: A story of violence and evangelicalism0
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 04/05/2016
When walking the streets of Complexo da Maré in Rio, pluralism is engraved in various, albeit paradoxical, ways. Based on live field experiences, this op-ed tackles the social, political and religious twists and turns pluralism takes when entering one of Rio’s most contested spaces.
READ MOREPiers Ludlow: “Brexit is neither the first nor the worst crisis that the EU has confronted”0
- EU Governance and Politics, Interview
- 29/08/2016
[box type=”info” icon=”none”]Dr. Piers Ludlow is an Associate Professor at the International History Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science. His main research focus is the history of Western Europe since 1945, in particular the historical roots of the integration process and the development of the EU. In this interview he discusses
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PESCO – One “Giant Leap” Towards European Defence?0
PESCO, a dormant Lisbon Treaty provision to deepen defence integration among EU Member States, finally saw the light of day. While broad questions remain about the future of European defence, the initiative surely promises to be the biggest leap forward for the bloc’s defence policy in decades.
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