Europe

Martha Lane-Fox: Dot Everyone to Reclaim the Net for Civil Society

Seeking succour for the digitally-challenged, Britain’s Martha Lane-Fox – or Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho as she is known around Westminster…

10 years ago

Ross Jackson: A Silver Lining to Europe’s Troubles

As we await the outcome of the four-month extension of the Greek credit arrangement with the Troika (EU, IMF, ECB),…

10 years ago

Evan Harvey, Nasdaq: Stock Exchanges, European Capital Markets, and Sustainability

Sustainability is already part of the global market ecosystem. Exchanges and regulators have embraced it, researchers and academics have validated…

10 years ago

Mario Draghi: Bond Buying a Success but Deflation Threat Remains

According to European Central Bank (ECB) president, Mario Draghi (speaking at a news conference on Wednesday 15th April) the Euros…

10 years ago

Taxing Mobility: A Liberal Icon Gone Awry

The sale, earlier this week, of the publically-owned stake in cross-Channel rail operator Eurostar for £757m shows that pragmatism –…

10 years ago

Germany: Immigrant Workers Benefit Economy

Germany’s opposition to British attempts to limit the freedom of movement within the European Union is grounded in economic self-interest…

10 years ago

New World Bank Green Bond Is a Story of Market Growth and Innovation

Green bonds have created a new way for investors to achieve the return they need while also supporting climate-friendly development…

10 years ago

Ross Jackson: Nero Politics Meet Limits to Growth

Nero – the last emperor of the Roman Empire - is best remembered as the man who fiddled while Rome…

10 years ago

Greece vs The Euro Righteous: Waiting for the Other Guy to Blink

So far, nobody in Brussels blinked. However, before the week is out somebody will. An eleventh hour compromise between Greece…

10 years ago

Roderick and Floris Wolters: Freezing the Sun

Rummaging through the archives of Twente Technical University, two enterprising students struck gold: An experiment carried out around the turn…

10 years ago