6 proc. wynagrodzeń w Polsce jest wypłacanych „pod stołem”. Zjawisko to dotyczy niemal co trzeciej (31 proc.) osoby zatrudnionej w mikrofirmach. W 2018 r., suma tak realizowanych wypłat sięgnęła 34 mld PLN, co stanowiło równowartość 1,6 proc. PKB. Z tego powodu sektor finansów publicznych traci aż 17 mld PLN rocznie. To wnioski płynące z przygotowanego […]
Piotr Arak, Łukasz Czernicki, Jakub Sawulski “EUROPP”, London School of Economics: Two key principles have sat at the heart of the EU’s fiscal rules since the Maastricht Treaty: that governments should run budget deficits no higher than 3% of GDP and maintain a public debt no higher than 60% of GDP.
Piotr Arak, “Afrikan Heroes”: Crises define generations. It will be no different for the young people who are experiencing today’s pandemic – the cost of which for them, in mental, educational and labour terms, has reached $1.7 trillion globally.
Polish Economic Institute would like to invite to a presentation of our newest report “Corona Generation. Growing Up in a Pandemic” on March 16, 2021.
Piotr Arak, “The Brussels Times”: Whereas COVID19 occupies our minds today, it does not make other national security threats less important in the long run. Besides climate change, a vital threat to the American way of life is the rising power of China.
On Thursday, December 10, 2020 Polish Economic Institute and POLITICO hosted a high-level debate about the future of Europe’s economy.
Jakub Sawulski, “Obserwator Finansowy”: International Monetary Fund calls to increase public investment to boost the recovery. The European Commission, World Bank and OECD representatives are saying the same. There is a change in the opinions of Troika and other institutions.
Piotr Arak, “The Sound of Economics”: Is the green deal a strategy for growth or simply a reallocation mechanism?
Piotr Arak, “The Brussels Times”: A question I ask myself more and more is would I like to live in the future or the past? Typically as an economist I would like to see the future but more often I would choose the past which I know more of.
On Thursday, December 10, 2020 we invite you to a high-level debate about the future of Europe’s economy.