Views: 27An era of free-market capitalism is definitely over and changes are becoming visible around the world. Recent Japan’s government report indicates new facets of a revised model of “capitalism”, inspired by present crises and global challenges. The attention from political economy’s angle presents features of opportunities to strengthen sustainability of modern national growth models.
Category: Political-economy
including the EU and the member states political economy’s analytical monitoring, as well as researching inherent connections between the political decision-making and their economic implementation
Boosting European security through common defense research and innovation
Views: 15New EU funding in size of about €1.2 bn is aimed at targeted investment in efficient defense capabilities: the European Defense Fund, EDF includes new instruments targeted towards active SMEs and start-ups involvement in the continental defense innovation and dual-use industrial systems. Adoption of new funding adds to the EU’s defense investment over €3 […]
EU regional competitiveness as a vital tool in growth pattern
Views: 17The EU economic development system uses “territorial competitiveness” to define regional ability to provide attractive and sustainable environment for businesses and wellbeing for citizens. In the member states’ governance it is regarded as a perfect “tool” for better policy- and decision-making. It also serves as one of the main goals in the European Cohesion […]
ChatGPTs: perspective application for employment
Views: 50At the present level of artificial intelligence technology’s development, the ChatGPTs (generative pre-trained transformers) have become the most attractive and discussed issue, together with learning language models, both around the world and in Europe. Some users have already found that such artificial intelligence’s chatbots represent a useful tool, while others found certain limitations and […]
Towards global educational revolution: two vital steps forward
Views: 30Along the mainstream directions in the world-wide educational reforms, two vital issues attracted our attention this month: the global recognition of universities’ certificates and the idea of “re-inventing” higher education. The former – after about eight years of deliberation – culminated in the UN global convention; the second issue is about the role and […]
European and international trade in goods: depressing situation
Views: 41New Eurostat’s data has shown that deficit in international trade in goods for the euro area reached €30.6 bn by the start of 2023, with the total deficit of €34.6 bn for the whole EU-27.
Competitiveness globally and in the EU: recent accounts
Views: 23Present geopolitical uncertainties and the post-pandemic consequences (coped with global challenges) greatly affected supply chains and made it more difficult for states to remain competitive. Besides the EU governance’s efforts in recovery and resilience, attention to new efforts in competitiveness has gained momentum: e.g. through the corporate entities’ facilitating diversification of supply chain and […]
Contemporary EU political economy: accounts of recent steps
Views: 55Tackling energy crisis has been presently the headache for the EU and the member states’ governance. Besides, demographic changes in the EU also present problems for development. For the national political economy in modern time it is vital to improve understanding of how companies can build resilience to external challenges and crises. Finally, new […]
Towards educational revolution: two vital steps forward
Views: 15Along the mainstream directions in the world-wide educational reforms, two vital issues attracted our attention this March: the global recognition of universities’ certificates and the idea of “reinventing” higher education. The former –after about eight years of deliberation- culminated in the UN global convention; the second issue is about the role and place of […]
Energy efficiency’s reform supported by legal clarification
Views: 13A provisional agreement between two EU legislative institutions provides for legal support in EU-wide energy efficiency with strong requirement for the member states to implement efficiency measures in policy, planning and investment in socio-economic development priorities. After a formal adoption, the new legislation will be published in the Official Journal of the Union and […]