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Making Europe Nobel Laureate in Education
Unveiled on the occasion of a fringe meeting organised by FEPS at the PES Congress in Prague held in December '09, this report depicts Europe's educational performance in depth. 12 countries visited and 8 seminars organised across European cities allowed numerous scholars, politicians and representatives from business and NGOs to meet and discuss together and have led to 46 proposals to face the challenge of education.
The Second Life of Mr. Volcker: The shifting ground in banking regulation within the United States
This latest study from Stefano PAGLIARI, Visiting Scholar at the IPD (Columbia University), points out the fact the latest proposals of the American administration for banking regulation raise the profile of the President Obama and his special adviser Paul Volcker in charting the US future response to the crisis.
Comments on SPD policy paper on Afghanistan
Following the release of the draft policy paper on Afghanistan by the German SPD, FEPS sent out a call for comments from a small selection of security experts in India with a view to bringing fresh thinking and new perspectives to the formulation of foreign policy in the European Union.
Financial transaction tax
This latest release in political economy, developed in the frame of the "European For Financial Reform" campain of the Global Progressive Forum, explains why a global financial transaction tax would allow both a stabilisation of our economies and a better sharing of the burden of the crisis.
"Towards Basel III" conference report
A high-level roundtable took place in Brussels in October last year around Joseph STIGLITZ, with the aim of producing concrete proposals on how banking could be reformed to prevent a systemic collapse on the scale witnessed almost a year before. Download the conference report now!
"Next Left" book now available for download!
This first book ever published by FEPS, with the support of the Austrian Karl Renner Institute, is the concrete realisation of half a year of discussions, meetings and research from all over Europe, under the auspices of former Austrian Chancellor Alfred GUSENBAUER, on the future of social democracy. It aims also at opening a true European space for political reflection.
Reforming the US financial architecture: the regulation of derivatives, rating agencies and hedge funds
In this latest study for FEPS, Stefano PAGLIARI, Visiting Scholar at IPD (Columbia University New York) gives a comprehensive analysis on the overall regulation process in the USA, which be inspriring the debates in Europe.
