Month: December 2025
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Comment on Bailout for Ethylene Plant in Grangemouth
Today’s announcement of a big bailout worth 150 million for an Ethylene plant is a great way to explain its relative position in the production system in our current economic paradigm. As background you can read more on this support package on the BBC or in other news sources. I wanted to briefly comment on…
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What is the biggest way Donald Trump has changed Europe?
A few months ago, I was asked by Politico EU to provide an overview of this. I would not think that Trump himself is inducing this charge. In many ways there is a fair bit of continuity from the previous administration. In any case, I spend a bit of thought to put together some paragraphs.…
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One network, to rule them all
Our work on production networks, the AIPNET, is in my view really important in so many dimensions that I can not stress more and more in conversations with shapers. It also highlights the centrality of some goods in production networks. It also highlights the relevance of certain sectors, owing to their product complexity, to supply…