Policy entrepreneur
On 21 October 2020, the European Central Bank organised its very first exchange of views with civil society organisations. At this occasion, I had the opportunity to address the ECB President Christine Lagarde and chief economist Philip R. Lane. This work was carried out in the context of my former role as Executive Director at Positive Money Europe. Here are
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In this report for Positive Money Europe, I outline how to move helicopter money from theory to practice in the context of the Pandemic crisis.
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Positive Money Europe coordinated a group of 165 academics and civil society organisations to deliver an open letter to Christine Lagarde, calling on the ECB President to accelerate its efforts in addressing climate change.
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A coalition of 6 civil society organisations including Positive Money Europe publishes today a briefing report outlining how the European Commission can finance a one trillion euros “Green Deal” it committed to deliever.
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The nomination of Christine Lagarde as future ECB President comes as a reminder of an unconvenient reality for the financial establishment: central banks are not just technical bodies.
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Green European Journal published an interview with me in which I elaborate on the perspective of Positive Money Europe on the monetary policy debate, the evolving role of central banks for climate change, and the prospects for Eurozone reforms. This interview was originally published on Green European Journal.
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New Positive Money Europe report co-authored by Stanislas Jourdan and Sebastian Diessner advocates for a greater role of the European Parliament in scrutinizing the European Central Bank.
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A new study co-written with Wojtek Kalinowski based an updated analysis of the ECB’s corporate bond purchae programme reveals a mismatch between the EU climate targets and the policies of the ECB.
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Experience has shown the process to designate ECB leaders is not transparent, open, and democratic enough to protect the ECB from its legitimacy gap.
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I took part in a meeting with the Eurogroup in order to handout a petition signed by 117,000 European citizens demanding that profits made by the European Central Bank are returned to Greece.
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