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Bob Hancké 18 February 2025   What are the problems you may encounter once you engage in the green transition, after having left behind...

Bob Hancké, PEACS 14 February 2025   The abstract time inconsistency problem, and the asymmetric distribution of long- and short-term...

Bob Hancké, PEACS 11 February 2025   Just as in any other transition, the losses that we incur today are extremely clear; the gains,...

Bob Hancké, PEACS 7 February 2025     The green transition may be new and unique, but we actually have quite a few analytical tools in...

Bob Hancké, PEACS 4 February 2025 How have we made sense of the green transition its potential and its problems up until now? Ever since...

Bob Hancké PEACS   February – March 2025 The world is burning. Stopping that requires, among other things, a reduction of the carbon...

It’s official: central banks have become monuments to utter confusion.

The latest interest rate hikes to combat supply-side driven inflation are a sign of tunnel vision among economists and policymakers.

Bob Hancké examines the European Central Bank’s recent decision to raise rates and invent a tool to reduce spreads.

What does it take to establish a semiconductor supply chain in Europe? And what could go wrong?