Opinions

New European guidelines require the banking system to integrate ESG risks into governance and strategy. This is a crucial step for financial stability and the green transition

As climate disasters intensify, “catastrophe bonds” promise fast, market-based relief. But to truly deliver resilience, they must overcome design flaws, pricing challenges and barriers to broader adoption

EU support for innovation is not closing the technological gap with the United States and China. To truly support growth, we need fewer transnational consortia and more financial space for small independent companies with high-potential ideas

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics to Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt and Joel Mokyr celebrates the role of knowledge and innovation as engines of growth. Comments by Guido Tabellini, Alfonso Gambardella and Marta Prato

Automatic text analysis of financial disclosure reports of companies can improve forecasting of their tax behavior, by revealing indirect but valuable signals for investors and revenue agencies, a study reveals

In countering terrorism, artificial intelligence shifts the balance between public and private. But without effective governance, rights and the rule of law could lose out