Should we stay or should we go? The question of leaving the Eurozone has become a new reality while discussing the Euro after seven years of crisis. Populists all over Europe revel in exit fantasies,… [Read more]
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The Story of a Name – Talking about Hertie’s Darker Past
Few Hertie students are aware that the name Hertie originated from the Jewish-German Tietz family, forced out of business in Nazi Germany. A former employee of the Tietz’, Georg Karg, profited greatly from their loss. His heirs later… [Read more]
Management Capacities, and not Money, is What Matters in Providing High-Quality Infrastructure
According to The Governance Report 2016’s findings, increased infrastructure spending does not necessarily translate into improved infrastructure outcomes. The Governance Report is an annual series published by Oxford University Press and deals with recent public policy… [Read more]
Behavioural Insights – the Road to ‘Better’ Policies?
Michael Hallsworth recently visited the Hertie School to talk about the work of the Behavioural Insights Team in London – one of the few organizations worldwide that apply behavioural science research to policy-making. One of… [Read more]
The European Banking Union: How the EU is Missing an Opportunity to Highlight the Benefits of Further Integration
Even in its incomplete stage of implementation, the European Banking Union is an example of the benefits that can ultimately be achieved when national governments transfer part of their authority to the European level. It… [Read more]
Two Birds with One Stone: Save the Euro, Solve the Migrant Crisis?
You would be forgiven for missing the potential solution to the two largest crises facing modern Europe. Although well-received by the European Commission, it passed almost immediately into public obscurity, hidden away in a four-page… [Read more]
The European Union and its Quest for Equal Opportunities
While equal pay and equal treatment have been fundamental principles of the EU order since the Treaty of Rome in 1957, it is clear that they have not found full expression in the lives of… [Read more]
Can Subsidiarity Save the Liberal International Order?
In their piece, Markus Jachtenfuchs and Nico Krisch depart from the observation that global governance consists of a multitude of international institutions. They problematize, however, the relationship between those institutions on the one hand, and… [Read more]
Watching the World Health Organisation
Despite its longstanding reputation as an authoritative source of health guidelines and protector of the public interest, attempts to scrutinise the World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision-making processes are usually thwarted by a scarcity of information… [Read more]
Volkswagen and Fuel Economy Standards in the EU: in Desperate Need of an Overhaul?
Truth in Engineering,’ proclaimed Audi proudly in billboards all over the world. Ironic, considering Audi’s parent company, Volkswagen (VW), has found itself deeply mired in an emissions cheating scandal that has implicated an estimated… [Read more]