Will the EU's €315 billion investment plan deliver the sustainable growth the global economy needs?

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Too much capital across Europe is sitting idle, argues Martin Schoenberg of Climate Change Capital, the EU's infrastructure investment plan provides a way to put it to a good and green use

Economic forecasters have revised global growth predictions downwards every time they released an estimate in the last year. Policy-makers struggle to find the right answer to reviving global growth, even...

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