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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Cameron’s EU deal is wafer thin, but that’s not the point
Prospect
18 February 2016
Neither Cameron's EU reforms nor Brexit would do anything to resolve Britain's economic problems, which are largely homegrown.
How to make EU emissions trading a success
EurActiv.com
14 February 2016
The emissions trading scheme currently in place in the EU has “fundamental flaws”, writes Simon Tilford, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform (CER).
Twelve things you need to know about Brexit
Prospect
10 December 2015
What would really happen if Britain left the European Union?
The policy failures masked by scapegoating migrants
Financial Times
09 December 2015
By focusing on ‘welfare tourism’, the government has deflected criticism of its policies, writes Simon Tilford.
The pain in Spain
Project Syndicate
28 October 2015
LONDON – Spain is the eurozone’s latest poster child for austerity and structural reforms. Its economy has expanded for eight consecutive quarters, steadily gaining momentum and easily outperforming the rest of the currency union. Export growth has matched that of Germany; unemployment has fallen by over a million people in...
Q: With Europe at the top of the Tory party conference agenda, is Cameron's EU renegotiation doomed to fail?
City A.M
05 October 2015
Simon Tilford is deputy director of the Centre for European Reform, says No.
The eurozone’s fault lines
The New York Times
14 July 2015
Without crucial reforms, the currency union is likely to remain in a political no man's land, whatever happens to Greece.
Grecia, Tilford: "All'Ue serve un asse Roma-Parigi"
Lettera 43
07 July 2015
L'economista Tilford: "Sì a un asse franco-italiano per salvare Atene" E su Renzi: «Scenda in campo prima che tutto degeneri". La locomotiva tedesca si è fermata all'ingresso di Atene. E lascia il passo a quella franco-italiana. Questa volta non è infatti la Germania a potere salvare la Grecia e tutta...
BBC Newsnight live from Athens: Duncan Weldon talks to Simon Tilford on the Greek crisis
06 July 2015
Live from Athens, as the Greeks and the Euro face the consequences of a no vote. The BBC are hit in the wallet. And have Labour forgotten how to win?
Simon Tilford talks to Duncan Weldon on the Greek crisis: watch it here (12:39/ 14:18).
Simon Tilford talks to Duncan Weldon on the Greek crisis: watch it here (12:39/ 14:18).
No catharsis in Grexit
City A.M.
03 July 2015
There is a growing gap between the way the Greek crisis is seen in the Eurozone and the way it is seen across the rest of the world. Everyone agrees that Greece is a poorly governed country and that Syriza has played a poor hand badly. But whereas many Eurozone...