Companies & Regulation Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/companies-regulation/ Independent research and policy analysis on fiscal, monetary, and regulatory issues in Europe Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:43:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://en.irefeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/IREF-LinkedIn-Profile-DarkBlue-scaled.png Companies & Regulation Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/companies-regulation/ 32 32 Trump’s Housing Plan Misses the Real Cause of America’s Housing Crisis https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/trumps-housing-plan-misses-the-real-cause-of-americas-housing-crisis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trumps-housing-plan-misses-the-real-cause-of-americas-housing-crisis https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/trumps-housing-plan-misses-the-real-cause-of-americas-housing-crisis/#respond Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:43:29 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=36241 America’s housing market is failing a growing share of households. Prices and rents are at record highs, and homeownership is steadily slipping out of reach for younger generations. In response…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/trumps-housing-plan-misses-the-real-cause-of-americas-housing-crisis/feed/ 0 The UK’s November 2025 Budget and ‘Securonomics’ https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-uks-november-2025-budget-and-securonomics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-uks-november-2025-budget-and-securonomics https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-uks-november-2025-budget-and-securonomics/#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2026 04:42:49 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=36208 Introduction The UK government’s November 2025 Budget supplied ample corroboration of our report published by IREF in October 2025 (‘the report’), showing that the governing Labour Party plans to greatly…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-uks-november-2025-budget-and-securonomics/feed/ 0 How America Risks Regulating Itself Out of AI Leadership https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/30-12-how-america-risks-regulating-itself-out-of-ai-leadership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=30-12-how-america-risks-regulating-itself-out-of-ai-leadership https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/30-12-how-america-risks-regulating-itself-out-of-ai-leadership/#respond Tue, 13 Jan 2026 05:30:04 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=36170 For decades, America’s dominance in technology has rested on a simple but powerful principle: permissionless innovation—the idea that individuals and companies are free to build and experiment without first seeking…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/30-12-how-america-risks-regulating-itself-out-of-ai-leadership/feed/ 0 The Indian miracle https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-indian-miracle/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-indian-miracle https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-indian-miracle/#respond Tue, 23 Dec 2025 07:41:15 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=36149 We have witnessed a food delivery boom in the last decade, yet one such system has operated successfully for over 130 years. In Mumbai, India, five thousand delivery men distribute…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-indian-miracle/feed/ 0 How taxes boost creativity https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/how-taxes-boost-creativity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-taxes-boost-creativity https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/how-taxes-boost-creativity/#respond Wed, 10 Dec 2025 04:58:58 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=36143 Taxes and tariffs are—unsurprisingly—a major topic for economists. On one hand, they generate huge inefficiencies, deadweight losses, and perverse incentives; on the other hand, they reveal the fascinating creativity with…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/how-taxes-boost-creativity/feed/ 0 The sad story of a private railway company in Italy https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-sad-story-of-a-private-railway-company-in-italy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-sad-story-of-a-private-railway-company-in-italy https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-sad-story-of-a-private-railway-company-in-italy/#respond Wed, 08 Oct 2025 03:21:21 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=36045 In 1825,  the first public railway line from Stockton and Darlington in the UK was opened to traffic. For more than half a century, there was a vigorous development of…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-sad-story-of-a-private-railway-company-in-italy/feed/ 0 ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation: How the EU’s New Green Rules Could Do More Harm than Good https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/refueleu-aviation-regulation-how-the-eus-new-green-rules-could-do-more-harm-than-good/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=refueleu-aviation-regulation-how-the-eus-new-green-rules-could-do-more-harm-than-good https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/refueleu-aviation-regulation-how-the-eus-new-green-rules-could-do-more-harm-than-good/#respond Wed, 09 Apr 2025 03:39:49 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=35802 The European Union has long positioned itself as a global climate leader, promoting policies to cut emissions and enhance sustainability. One of its latest initiatives, the ReFuelEU Aviation regulation, mandates…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/refueleu-aviation-regulation-how-the-eus-new-green-rules-could-do-more-harm-than-good/feed/ 0 The UK Labour Party’s economic approach – ‘modern supply side’ https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-uk-labour-partys-economic-approach-modern-supply-side/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-uk-labour-partys-economic-approach-modern-supply-side https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-uk-labour-partys-economic-approach-modern-supply-side/#respond Wed, 04 Dec 2024 05:41:50 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=35724 Introduction The measures taken by the UK’s Labour Party since taking office in July 2024 will appear bizarre to most economists. They are based on a cluster of theories that…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-uk-labour-partys-economic-approach-modern-supply-side/feed/ 0 Gigaliners: a threat or an opportunity for Europe? https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/gigaliners-a-threat-or-an-opportunity-for-europe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gigaliners-a-threat-or-an-opportunity-for-europe https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/gigaliners-a-threat-or-an-opportunity-for-europe/#respond Wed, 13 Nov 2024 04:39:44 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=35698   The European debate Last March, the European Parliament approved new rules on the weight and size of trucks: the total weight of single vehicles is now 44 tons (it…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/gigaliners-a-threat-or-an-opportunity-for-europe/feed/ 0 EU AI Act: How Stricter Regulations Could Hamper Europe’s AI Innovation https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/eu-ai-act-how-stricter-regulations-could-hamper-europes-ai-innovation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eu-ai-act-how-stricter-regulations-could-hamper-europes-ai-innovation https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/eu-ai-act-how-stricter-regulations-could-hamper-europes-ai-innovation/#respond Wed, 18 Sep 2024 05:21:45 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=35592 As public awareness of AI and machine learning technologies has grown, so has the demand for ethical safeguards and increased transparency. In response, the European Parliament introduced the AI Act,…

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