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    Is Europe ready for an information war?

    What does it mean to “win the information war”? During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, headlines have proclaimed Ukraine to…
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    Would a Financial Transactions Tax hurt Europe’s economy?

    The EU first proposed a Financial Transactions Tax in 2011. The idea was to make the “financial sector pays its…
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    Is happiness more important than economic growth?

    Europe is one of the happiest places on Earth. Half of the top 10 happiest countries in the world (and just…
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    Do referendums undermine representative democracy?

    Politicians are not delegates. They are not elected in order to uncritically relay the ‘will of the people’. They are elected…
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    Are inheritance taxes unfair?

    People like the myth of the ‘self-made’ man or woman. Donald Trump, for example, appeals to his followers as an ordinary…
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    Should water, gas, and electricity utilities be nationalised?

    Should basic services such as water, gas, and electricity utilities be governed by the free market? Or should they be considered…
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    What should European democracy look like?

    Has the time come for the EU to embrace new forms of democracy? The EU’s deliberative democracy experiment, embodied by…
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    How can households help tackle the energy and climate crisis?

    The energy price hike, which started even before the war, highlights the importance of how we use energy. 75% of…
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    Is Europe’s economy built on poor quality jobs?

    The EU is working on new rules to regulate the ‘gig economy’. The years since the 2008 financial crisis have…
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