Because the climate is a common good, economists generally advocate the use of an international carbon price to internalize climate risk, to incorporate as many countries as possible into an agreement and to thwart “free-rider” strategies (Appendix 1). There are two main ways of moving in this direction: allowances markets and taxation. Their implementation entails respecting certain basic economic principles, but also taking into account the lessons provided by twenty-five years of carbon pricing experience around the world.

Tue 14/01/2020 - 12:00 China and the United States, especially, do not separate economic interests from geopolitical interests in the same way the EU does. They are increasingly using economic connections, from cyberspace to financial links, to gain geopolitical advantage or to serve geopolitical goals.

Tue 08/10/2019 - 12:00 France Stratégie hosted the 1st CompNet Data Users' Conference on October 8th -9th. This conference was organized jointly with CompNet and the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH). Users of CompNet presented their research results, discussed data quality and shared experiences.

Tue 05/02/2019 - 12:00 On February 5 2019, France Stratégie and the OECD have organised a workshop to take stock of what we have learned collectively over the past years on crisis management and economic convergence in the euro area, and to explore how the EU could help progress in that direction, notably by using new budgetary tools.

Tue 16/01/2018 - 12:00 The European Union’s raison d’être is guaranteeing its citizens a lasting peace. This ultimately hinges on its member states enjoying a shared economic prosperity – the operative word being ‘shared’.

Thu 14/09/2017 - 12:00 The free-market orthodoxy advocated across Europe after the 2008-09 financial crisis of reducing the size of government when people weren’t spending and companies weren’t investing was questionable at best. Indeed, it was decried for years by renowned economists such as Paul Krugman, Joseph Stiglitz and Yanis Varoufakis. Fast forward eight years and governments and international organizations can point to renewed growth when advocating cutting back on public services.

Wed 21/09/2016 - 12:00 If there was ever a time to revamp the seventeen-year-old monetary union that is the eurozone, many would argue now is that time.