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4 Big Economic Questions Now Facing the EU

 


FINANCE NEWSLETTER Harvard Business Review

June 30, 2016

4 Big Economic Questions Now Facing the EU

By Fernando Fernandez


The Countries That Would Profit Most from a Cashless World by Bhaskar Chakravorti, Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi, Benjamin Mazzotta

In two charts.


One Big Reason There's So Little Competition Among U.S. Banks by Martin Schmalz

They're owned by the same mutual funds.


A Deep Look Inside Apple Pay's Matchmaker Economics by David S. Evans, Richard Schmalensee

Why the payment system has struggled to catch on.


If Your Argument Is Based on Economics, You've Already Lost by Tim Sullivan, Ray Fisman

Brexit was an emotional choice, not a logical one.


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