Simon Tilford

Simon Tilford

Associate fellow
Areas of expertise 

Britain and Europe, the euro, fiscal and monetary policy, labour and social policy, competition, innovation, environmental economics and demographics.

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Workers must get a bigger slice of the pie

The New York Times
22 November 2012
Economic growth in Europe depends on a recovery in household consumption. And that, in turn, requires a rethinking of the balance between capital and labour.

Middle class amid industrialized economies

The Voice of Russia
11 November 2012
Interview with Simon Tilford – chief economist at the London-based Centre for European Reform about middle class in industrialized or developed economiesI think over quite a long period of time the middle class in industrialized or developed economies has been I think squeezed. What we’ve seen over
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Peut-on croire Draghi?

Les Echos
05 September 2012
LE CERCLE. Mario Draghi, le président de la Banque Centrale Européenne, a affirmé à plusieurs reprises que la BCE ferait tout ce qui est nécessaire pour sauver l'euro.

Can Draghi be believed?

Project Syndicate
03 September 2012
LONDON – Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, has repeatedly claimed that the ECB will do everything necessary to save the euro.

Eurozone crisis: What steps should be taken to move forward?

The Voice of Russia
20 June 2012
Interview with Simon Tilford – chief economist at the Centre for European Reform coming to us all the way from London.
 
I think a more deeply integrated financial architecture is possibly a solution. One of the reasons why the crises ran out of control in the eurozone is that bank in...

O efeito dominó que ameaça a Espanha e a zona do euro

Carta Maior
19 June 2012
Em entrevista à Carta Maior, Simon Tilford, economista chefe do Centre for European Reform, defende a necessidade de uma massiva injeção fiscal na eurozona, sem a qual a Espanha terá que pedir um resgate este ano.

Ousting Greece will not bring catharsis

The International Herald Tribune
06 June 2012
How the eurozone handles Greece will determine whether the single currency survives - and hence the future of the European Union as a whole.

Greece and the eurozone: Managing the crisis

Open democracy
29 May 2012
How the eurozone handles Greece will determine whether or not the single currency survives - and hence the future of the European Union as a whole.

Ihr selbstgerechten Deutschen!

Die Zeit
30 April 2012
Wenn es um die Krise in der Euro-Zone geht, lautet die herrschende Erzählung in Deutschland wie folgt: Es gibt keine Krise des Euro, denn dieser war ein Erfolg. Wenn einige Staaten im Moment in Schwierigkeiten stecken, dann nur deshalb, weil sie an Wettbewerbsfähigkeit verloren und die Maastricht-Kriterien verletzt haben. Die...

L’audace de la zone euro et le FMI

Les Echos
12 April 2012
LE CERCLE. (par Simon Tilford) - Les décideurs et les hommes politiques de la zone euro ne doutent de rien : ils ont contribué leur part pour soutenir les membres de l’union monétaire en difficulté en accroissant le montant de son fonds d’urgence, le Mécanisme européen de stabilité (MES).
LONDRES –...