Manos Matsaganis is Professor of Public Finance at Polytechnic University of Milan. He studied at the Athens University of Economics and Business (1986), the University of York (MSc 1988), and the University of Bristol (PhD 1992). He has worked at the London School of Economics (1990-93), the Greek Prime Minister’s Office (1997-2001), the University of Crete (1996-99 & 2001-04). His previous post was at the Athens University of Economics and Business (2004-16), where he founded and directed the Policy Analysis Research Unit. He has worked for the European Commission, the OECD, UNICEF, the World Bank, and the Friedrich Ebert and Heinrich Böll Foundations. He was a member of the Expert Group on Social Investment for Growth and Cohesion reporting to European Commissioner László Andor (2012-14). He has been Fulbright Scholar at Harvard University (2014) and University of California, Berkeley (2015), Visiting Scholar at Boston University (2017, 2018), and Visiting Professor at University of Vienna (2019). His current research focuses on technological change and the future of work, the changing fortunes of the middle class in Southern Europe, and the transformations of the European social model after the Eurozone crisis and Covid-19.
Manos Matsaganis
‘Stavros Costopoulos’ Senior Research Fellow; Head of the Greek and European Economy Observatory; Professor, Politecnico di Milano
Chair of the A. G. Leventis Foundation
September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2022
In focus - Housing cost for tenants and owners in the EU
September 14, 2023
In focus - Electricity prices in Greece and in the EU
September 7, 2023
In focus - Energy prices are falling in Europe
July 27, 2023
In focus - Minimum wages in the EU countries
June 22, 2023
In focus - EU budget: How is it allocated?
May 25, 2023
In focus - Greenhouse gas emissions in the EU
April 27, 2023
In focus - The digital performance of European member states
April 20, 2023
In focus - The profit-price spiral
March 30, 2023
Inflation erodes the purchasing power of wages
March 23, 2023
In focus - Europeans support the common currency
March 9, 2023
In focus - Where will Europe import diesel from after the embargo?
February 23, 2023
In focus - Global foreign exchange reserves: Recent developments
February 2, 2023
In focus - Critical raw materials: Is Europe lagging behind?
January 26, 2023
In focus - European oil imports: Recent developments
January 19, 2023
In focus - Recent changes in the EU’s imports of natural gas
January 12, 2023
European exports of goods and services to Russia in the last decade
December 30, 2022
Special Issue: ELIAMEP Outlook, Predictions for 2023
December 30, 2022
In focus - Imports of goods and services from the US to the EU
December 22, 2022
In focus - European exports of goods and services to the US
December 15, 2022
In focus - Imports of services from China to the EU
December 8, 2022
In focus - EU’s exports of services to China
December 1, 2022
In focus - EU imports from China
November 25, 2022
In focus - China as a destination for goods "Made in EU"
November 18, 2022
In focus - Equality between women and men in Greece and in the EU
November 11, 2022
In focus - Variable and fixed rate housing loans in EMU
October 27, 2022
In focus - Rents and house prices in Greece and in the EU
October 21, 2022
In focus - Non-wage costs in Greece and the EU
October 14, 2022
In focus - Inflation and Wage costs
October 7, 2022
In focus - Divergence in the quality of political institutions in Europe
September 30, 2022
In focus - European imports of liquefied natural gas
September 23, 2022
In focus - Strong recovery of Greek tourism
September 16, 2022
In focus - The energy crisis threatens to deepen poverty in Europe
September 9, 2022
In focus - Cost of energy crisis protection measures
September 2, 2022
In focus – Energy Poverty
July 15, 2022
In focus - The return of fossil fuels?
July 8, 2022
In focus - Matching skills
June 2, 2022
In focus - Labour market slack
May 20, 2022
In focus - Flight of human capital
April 29, 2022
In focus - Defence spending in Europe
March 24, 2022
In focus - Long term informal care
February 25, 2022
In focus - Public debt as countries exit the pandemic
February 18, 2022
In focus - Residential electricity: second highest price in Athens
February 4, 2022
In focus - Gender employment gap
January 28, 2022
In focus - Gender pay gap
January 21, 2022
In focus - National policies against rising energy prices
January 14, 2022
In Focus - The silent revolution of working from home
December 30, 2021
In focus - Health care has become unaffordable for too many Greeks
December 23, 2021
In focus - The European exception in inequality
December 17, 2021
In focus - Investment and the growth model of Greece
December 10, 2021
In focus - Low skills hamper economic recovery
November 26, 2021
In focus - Hiring Shortages in the Greek Labour Market
November 19, 2021
In focus - “The Great Resignation”
November 12, 2021
In focus - The minimum wage as anti-poverty device
November 5, 2021
In focus - Energy costs and inflation in the Euro area
October 15, 2021
Online discussion: "What is the future of globalization?"
October 12, 2022
Online discussion: "Youth Employment and Gender Equality”
December 14, 2021
The European social model is strong - Manos Matsaganis
September 24, 2023
States and the markets in the face of climate change—Manos Matsaganis
September 17, 2023
Low taxation or an organised society? - Manos Matsaganis
June 11, 2023
Polarisation harms democracy - Manos Matsaganis
May 21, 2023
What is Greece? - Manos Matsaganis
March 27, 2023
Beyond internal devaluation – Manos Matsaganis and Sofia Tsarouha
February 24, 2023
The isle that exited – Manos Matsaganis
January 28, 2023
The mini export miracle - Manos Matsaganis and Sofia Tsarouha
January 26, 2023
The ground lost – Manos Matsaganis and Sofia Tsarouha
January 19, 2023
The economy in 2023 in Greece, Europe and the world - Manos Matsaganis
December 30, 2022
Parties in Kyiv - Manos Matsaganis
December 24, 2022
The Greek economy needs a developmental social policy - Manos Matsaganis
November 10, 2022
The rift in the West now also in Milan – Manos Matsaganis
September 25, 2022
The Italian Right is preparing to rule – Manos Matsaganis
September 17, 2022
Elections in Italy: Α far-right threat to Europe - Manos Matsaganis
September 2, 2022
No to wind turbines, yes to swimming pools - Manos Matsaganis
August 21, 2022
The Greek debt - Manos Matsaganis
May 3, 2022
Crises and inequalities - Manos Matsaganis
April 21, 2022
The dark shadow of the brain drain - Manos Matsaganis
April 20, 2022
The economy in 2022 in Greece, Europe and the world - Manos Matsaganis
December 30, 2021
“Millennials have different value codes” – Manos Matsaganis
December 27, 2021
From discouragement to rising anew – Manos Matsaganis
December 18, 2021
“A minimum wage encourages everyone to try harder” – Manos Matsaganis
November 14, 2021