Independent Research

Do robots dream of paying taxes?

Robot taxes cannot and should not be counted on to raise lots of money to keep humans fed and housed in the dystopian, automated decades to come. Rather, the digital transition should be managed—and taxed—alongside other societal transitions. To support the society that has allowed them to prosper, the companies that profit the most should pay their fair share.

5 October 2021


Institutional Publications

Capital markets union: a deep dive

Five measures to foster a single market for capital

Occasional paper by European Central Bank economists. Authors: Alexia-Styliani Arampatzi, Rebecca Christie, Johanne Evrard, Laura Parisi, Clément Rouveyrol, Fons van Overbeek
Revised May 2025


Selected Journalism and Commentary

Losing steam: US Navy carriers go electric

The CVN 21 carrier programme and the F-35C Joint Strike Fighter requirement are both scheduled to come to fruition in around 2015, heralding an electronics revolution within the US Navy.

Jane’s Navy International
March 2008

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