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Niels Thygesen

Niels Thygesen

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Niels Thygesen is Professor of Economics (emeritus) at the University of Copenhagen, and was an independent member of the Delors Committee on Economic and Monetary Union in 1988 and 1989.

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  1. Rebuilding Euro Governance
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    Rebuilding Euro Governance

    Sep 23, 2010 Niels Thygesen

  2. An Agenda for Growth in Europe

    An Agenda for Growth in Europe

    Feb 23, 2006 Niels Thygesen

  3. Can the Stability Pact Be Reformed?

    Can the Stability Pact Be Reformed?

    Nov 30, 2004 Niels Thygesen

  4. The Transatlantic Blame Game

    The Transatlantic Blame Game

    Sep 4, 2003 Niels Thygesen

  5. The “Ins” and “Outs” of Euroland

    The “Ins” and “Outs” of Euroland

    Jan 25, 2002 Niels Thygesen

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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