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Rebooting Europe: a framework for post COVID-19 economic recovery
Rebooting Europe: a framework for post COVID-19 economic recovery
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57 minutes
Released:
May 15, 2020
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COVID-19 has triggered a severe recession and policymakers in European Union countries are providing generous, largely indiscriminate, support to companies. As the recession gets deeper, a more comprehensive strategy is needed. This should be based on four principles: viability of supported entities, fairness, achieving societal goals, and giving society a share in future profits. The effort should be structured around equity and recovery funds with borrowing at EU level.In this episode we discuss the proposal for a recovery plan outlined in a recent paper by Julia Anderson, Simone Tagliapietra and Guntram Wolff which can be read here https://www.bruegel.org/2020/05/rebooting-europe-a-framework-for-a-post-covid-19-economic-recovery/ Participating to this episode:Maria Demertzis, Deputy Director, BruegelGiuseppe Porcaro, Head of Outreach and Governance, BruegelSimone Tagliapietra, Research Fellow, BruegelGuntram Wolff, Director, Bruegel
Released:
May 15, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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