Fabrizio Tassinari

Writing for PS since 2011
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Fabrizio Tassinari is the Executive Director of the School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute. He is the author of The Crystal Curtain: A Postscript on Europe’s North-South Divide.

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A Green New Deal for Europe
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A Green New Deal for Europe

Jan 31, 2019 Massimiliano Santini & Fabrizio Tassinari consider what it will take to ensure the structural transformation needed to address climate change.

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Renzi’s Promise
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Renzi’s Promise

Jul 3, 2014 Fabrizio Tassinari is optimistic that Italy's popular, young prime minister can change Europe's political discourse.

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The EU’s Forgotten Foundations
Margaret Scott

The EU’s Forgotten Foundations

Jun 10, 2013 Fabrizio Tassinari

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Mario Monti’s Nordic Dream
Paul Lachine

Mario Monti’s Nordic Dream

Jun 6, 2012 Fabrizio Tassinari

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Hail to the Technocrats

Hail to the Technocrats

Nov 13, 2011 Fabrizio Tassinari

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The Economic Consequences of Automation

Robert Skidelsky

Economic theory does not provide a clear answer regarding the overall impact of technological progress on jobs. And even if automation has traditionally been beneficial in the long run, policymakers should never ignore its disruptive short-term effects on workers.

Jerome Powell’s Dilemma

Carmen M. Reinhart & Vincent Reinhart

There is a reason that the US Federal Reserve chair often has a haunted look. Probably to his deep and never-to-be-expressed frustration, the Fed is setting monetary policy in a way that increases the likelihood that President Donald Trump will be reelected next year.

Brexit House of Cards

Mark Malloch-Brown

Following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament, and an appeals court ruling declaring that act unlawful, the United Kingdom finds itself in a state of political frenzy. With rational decision-making having become all but impossible, any new political agreement that emerges is likely to be both temporary and deeply flawed.