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Guntram Wolff

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Professor of economics at Free University Brussels (ULB) and Bruegel fellow. European integration, climate, defence- and geoeconomics, macro; Frmr Director @dgap.org & @bruegel.org
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Guntram Wolff is an economist and European public policy scholar. As of September 2024, he is professor of economics at Université Libre de Bruxelles, senior fellow at Bruegel, and senior fellow at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. He was the director of Bruegel from 2013 to 2022, and director and CEO of the German Council on Foreign Relations from 2022 to 2024. .. more

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Guntram Wolff @guntramwolff.bsky.social · 5d

Guntram Wolff is sceptical that churning out more tanks or artillery will bring long-term economic gains. However, if European governments direct their money towards new technologies, this will “have broader economic benefits”. Time to modernise armed forces @bruegel.org

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Will higher defence spending boost the European economy?

Deindustrialising regions hope for investment and jobs, but much will depend on how the extra money is spent

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 6d

If your government thinks the Pope “doesn’t know what he’s talking about” when he defends migrants’ dignity, the world should see the warning sign. The US is no longer leading on human rights. It’s suppressing them.

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Guntram Wolff @guntramwolff.bsky.social · 7d

my quotes in @guardian “Historically, there’s this notion that greater defence cooperation is questionable for sovereignty...But the counter argument is that we have a huge dependency on the US. ... sovereignty doesn’t sit in Europe – it’s in Washington.”
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