Opinion piece
25 May 2016
Lessons for the euro from early US monetary and financial history
In this essay, Jeffry Frieden looks at the process of creating a monetary union in the United States and draws lessons for the EU.
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Event
25 May 2016
Lessons for the euro from early US monetary and financial history
The United States has a monetary union that many look to when considering the future of the EU. But how easy was it really to create such a union and
Event
11 May 2016
The United States and Europe: Short-term divergence but shared challenges
Europe and the United States have had divergent experiences since the economic crisis. But they share several challenges in the years ahead: slowing p
Blog post
04 April 2016
Trade deficits and jobs at the ZLB
What’s at stake: In the populist narrative against globalization, trade deficits are seen as costing jobs. While this mercantilist view of the world i
Blog post
21 March 2016
The trade-backlash explanation of Trump & Sanders
What’s at stake: The success of presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders has had bloggers wondered whether the backlash against globali
Policy brief
07 March 2016
The United States dominates global investment banking: does it matter for Europe?
Europe’s banks are in retreat from playing a global investment banking role, and this trend is likely to continue in the future. What will be the cons
Video
05 October 2015
Bruegel interviews: Mitsutsune Yamaguchi and Jean-Francois Di Meglio at the AEFF
Bruegel co-organised the 12th Asia Europe Economic Forum (AEEF), which took place on 1-2 October 2015 in Paris, France.
Event
01 October 2015
12th Asia Europe Economic Forum (AEEF)
This year's conference is entitled "Global Governance of Public Goods: Asian and European Perspectives".
Blog post
10 September 2015
Europe’s true immigration capacity: what we can learn from the US green card system
As masses of immigrants arrive at our doorstep each day, only to be denied entry, we cannot help but ask ourselves if the EU is doing enough. How many
Blog post
31 August 2015
The global trade slowdown puzzle
What’s at stake: This week’s data renewed concerns about developments in global trade as it showed for the last 6 months the biggest contraction in gl
Opinion piece
26 August 2015
The rolling global crisis will come home
When productivity growth slows down, there are two choices: to invest in the future or to live within one’s means. Instead, policymakers preoccupied w
Blog post
13 July 2015
Restructuring in the US currency union
On June 28, the governor of the Commonwealth territory announced that it would not be able to repay its debt. Puerto Rico has since asked Congress to
Blog post
22 June 2015
The 4% growth target
What's at stake: To contrast with President Obama’s middle class economics, the Republican Party – from Rand Paul’s proposal to repeal the entire
Blog post
06 May 2015
American poverty traps
What’s at stake: Recent research by the Equality of Opportunity Project, a venture led by Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, Patrick Kline and Emmanuel Sa
Blog post
27 April 2015
The Trans-Pacific Partnership
What’s at stake: U.S. Congressional leaders have recently introduced a bipartisan bill to renew the power of the president to 
Video
15 March 2015
A fresh start for TTIP
The T-TIP negotiations remain extremely complex, and pushed for time given the political pressure to get an agreement signed by 2016. What is achievab