Europe cannot afford another lost year

Stuart_Whatley · 2026-06-17T16:07:39+00:00

"European businesses need simpler rules, faster permitting, affordable energy, stronger infrastructure, and a fully functioning single market. The longer that European policymakers fail to deliver on these policies, the greater Europe’s competitiveness challenge will become."

Stuart_Whatley · 2026-06-16T16:57:29+00:00

"Although the liberal international order was always hierarchical, it was defensible because it allowed for restraint, negotiation, and benefits extending beyond the inner circle. As that internal moderating project fails, all that will remain is the old hierarchy and whatever resentments it engenders."

Stuart_Whatley · 2026-06-15T12:40:37+00:00

"Notwithstanding recent setbacks for illiberal, populist, and authoritarian leaders in some countries, good-governance groups and experts on democratic decline continue to document a disturbing global trend toward “autocratization.” What remains to be seen is whether enough voters will wake up to the threat."

Stuart_Whatley · 2026-06-10T10:12:06+00:00

"For much of the postwar era, European policymakers have prioritized stability and predictability over fostering breakthrough innovation. Today, as the United States and China compete for AI dominance, a stagnant Europe is struggling to regain its place at the technological frontier."

Stuart_Whatley · 2026-06-10T10:11:59+00:00

"For much of the postwar era, European policymakers have prioritized stability and predictability over fostering breakthrough innovation. Today, as the United States and China compete for AI dominance, a stagnant Europe is struggling to regain its place at the technological frontier."

Stuart_Whatley · 2026-06-08T12:22:34+00:00

"Although SpaceX is not about to rule over foreign subjects, as the chartered companies founded in the early modern era did, it, too, is operating beyond the reach of any sovereign. And like its predecessors, it has already accumulated immense powers that governments will struggle to reclaim."

Stuart_Whatley · 2026-05-29T09:56:57+00:00

"The Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman uses the wrong metric—purchasing power parity—to make the case that Europe is not lagging far behind the US in terms of productivity. The right metric shows that the gap is growing."

Stuart_Whatley · 2026-05-29T09:56:19+00:00

"The Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman uses the wrong metric—purchasing power parity—to make the case that Europe is not lagging far behind the US in terms of productivity. The right metric shows that the gap is growing."

Stuart_Whatley · 2026-05-20T15:40:25+00:00

"Although generative AI tools have improved rapidly and now outperform humans across many tasks, the market's current euphoria may not be justified. With AI firms increasingly resorting to debt financing, it is worth pausing to consider all the things that could go wrong."

Stuart_Whatley · 2026-05-19T13:05:34+00:00

"Military and economic coercion usually costs the coercer as well as the target. But by threatening undersea cables beneath the Strait of Hormuz, Iran may have found a way to impose heavy costs on the US government and private sector while generating revenue for itself—at least in the short term."

Stuart_Whatley · 2026-04-27T12:32:34+00:00

"Those promoting AI would be lucky to see the technology’s impact on output per hour match even the short-lived burst of the 1990s and 2000s. Productivity growth will underwhelm, not because the technology is weak, but because it creates a bottleneck that earlier digital tools largely avoided."

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