Over the past few decades, oil prices have fluctuated widely, ranging from US$10 to US$140 a barrel and posing a challenge to producers and consumers alike. For policymakers, however, these fluctuatio ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-16
Informal discussions on Britain’s relationship with the European Union are under way. With a referendum on the UK’s continued EU membership set to take place before the end of 2017, the talks are the ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-11
At last week’s annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Lima, Peru, one topic that dominated discussions was the slowdown in emerging-economy growth. Hailed in the wake ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-16
Every July, economists, business leaders, non-governmental organizations and politicians from around the world gather in Aix-en-Provence, France, for the three-day Rencontres Économiques forum, organi ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-24
It is impossible to deny that trade and exchange rates are closely linked. But does that mean that international trade agreements should include provisions governing national policies that affect curr ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
One of the factors driving the massive rise in global inequality and the concentration of wealth at the very top of the income distribution is the interplay between innovation and global markets. In t ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-05
Over the past five years, the eurozone has, without explicit popular consent, maintained a strict policy focus on fiscal austerity and structural reforms despite serious social repercussions, not only ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
Opinion polls in the run-up to Greece’s early general election on January 25 indicate that the left-wing Syriza party is likely to win the largest share of votes. As a result, Syriza stands to earn a ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-21
The sharp drop in the price of crude oil since late June has been grabbing headlines worldwide – and producing a lot of contradictory explanations. Some attribute the fall largely to declining global ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-17
A real struggle over who will preside over the European Commission has begun. Alhough the center-right European People’s Party won only a narrow plurality of 221 seats in the 751-seat European Parliam ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-16
This month, European citizens will head to the polls to select the 751 members of the European Parliament to represent 507 million people. The way the election campaign has unfolded marks a small but ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-15
