John Springford

John Springford

Associate fellow
Areas of expertise 

Britain and Europe, migration and labour markets, the single market and supply side reform, international trade, the euro, fiscal and monetary policy.

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Brexit is hurting UK innovation

Times Higher Education
28 November 2022
German-style political stability and long-term science funding could help mitigate the damage, say Zach Meyers and John Springford.

CER podcast: Will the Commission's fiscal rules plan work?

18 November 2022
In this week’s Centre for European Reform podcast, John Springford, our deputy director, and Sander Tordoir, senior economist at the CER, discuss the EU’s fiscal rules.

En defensa del endeudamiento por la acción climática

ES Global
04 November 2022
Los tipos de interés están subiendo a nivel mundial, pero, aun así, los gobiernos europeos deberían endeudarse por sumas importantes para financiar proyectos “verdes”. En algunos casos, la UE debería ayudar.

Ask CER - Episode 6: The EU's China challenge, its plans for tax reform, and the unfinished banking union

24 August 2022
You asked, we answered: the sixth episode of our 'Ask CER' podcast series.

Estados Unidos podría arreglárselas con una desglobalización. Europa no

ES Global
09 August 2022
La verdadera “desglobalización” —la desintegración de la economía global— se desencadenaría por un acontecimiento político, por ejemplo, que China invadiera Taiwán.

NDR: Brexit and the UK economy

22 June 2022
John Springford discusses how Brexit is affecting the British economy with German public radio (from 00:58).

¿Qué sabemos hasta ahora del coste del Brexit?

ESglobal
17 June 2022
En mayo de 2020, el periodista James Forsyth, que goza de buenos contactos, escribió en The Spectator que el gobierno británico se encontraba cómodo con la idea de abandonar la UE sin un acuerdo.

Letters: The Brexit effect

Prospect
16 June 2022
In Tom Clark’s excellent round-up of the economic effects of Brexit, he noted that exports to the EU “look almost unaffected on the headline numbers.” As ever with statistics, it depends on how you cut it.

Britain needs to face up to the cost of Brexit

Encompass
16 June 2022
The UK debate about Brexit’s impact on the economy has ranged from non-existent to unserious. Labour is avoiding the subject, to try to regain lost voters in pro-Brexit constituencies, and the government immediately changes the subject to vaccines or free trade deals.

CER podcast: Is Brexit to blame for Britain's economic woes?

14 June 2022
In this week's CER podcast Rosie Giorgi spoke to economists John Springford and Thomas Sampson about how Brexit has impacted the UK economy.