Two mantras guide German thinking about eurozone integration: responsibilities and control must be aligned (so no mutualization of risk without shared jurisdiction); and legacy risks must be settled … Read More
Columns & Interviews
A Rotten Corporate Culture
Reports by select committees of MPs after some scandal should be treated with care. There is nothing MPs like more than to take the moral high ground and heap blame on others in front of TV cameras, … Read More
The Italian Election And US Underpinning Of Populism
The election of March 4, 2018 left Italy with a fragmented parliament, where the two biggest parties, the Five Star Movement and the Lega, are populist and Eurosceptic. Five Star, the biggest party … Read More
Fake News And The Fairness Doctrine
Fake news in America’s public square is a failure of its information marketplace. Remediation should occur through enhanced marketplace competition, not government censorship. I have argued that … Read More
Crisis Of Globalization: Restoring Social Investment Is Key
Why is democracy under siege throughout the West? How much of the story is cultural or racial, and how much is economic? And can the slide into authoritarianism be reversed? I think it can. In the … Read More
Three Challenges In Contemporary Populism Research
Today populism seems to be firmly back on the agenda. A series of recent events have shocked and scandalised our global public spheres, causing concern for the future of democracy and puzzling … Read More
Blogs
Why We Need European Safe Assets
It has become conventional wisdom that low and stable inflation contributes to economic stability and most central banks in the advanced nations pursue some type of inflation targeting (Svensson … Read More
Careers Still Matter Even In Today’s Gig Economy
Careers are alive and well. Despite the widespread opinion that we are witnessing the end of careers and flexibilization of working life as a whole, the data does not bear this out. In fact, a large … Read More
Widening The Social Protection Safety Net
What makes Europe different from many other parts of the world? One answer is social protection: the principle of assisting the most vulnerable in society and guaranteeing a minimum standard of … Read More
The Insecurity Cycle
During the past decade – in the aftermath of the most serious financial and economic crises since the Great Depression – the question of why policy doesn’t always change when it looks like it ought to … Read More
What About Men?
Over time, our society has become more aware of discrimination in the workplace. For instance, the #MeToo movement recently spread virally, stemming from the exposure of widespread and grim practices … Read More
Europe Needs A Pay Rise And Europeans Want Good Jobs
The financial and Eurozone crises are now fading into memory. Firm growth has returned to Europe. Jobs are being created and new companies formed. Things should be looking up at last. Why aren’t … Read More
Talks & Conversations
The Walrus Quota, What Money Can’t Buy
Market mechanisms may be efficient, but they may also change the meaning of the goods exchanged. Should we pay children to read, or pay countries to take our share of refugees? Does having tradable … Read More
Solidarity In Europe – Achieving Authenticity In The European Street
Despite the history of our continent, many centuries of which were tarnished by war, suffering, expropriation of resources and exploitation of colonised peoples, the European Union today faces a … Read More
Davos-Man Is Finally Being Challenged
Journalist and author of the best-selling book Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner, described in the New York Times as " a sprawling, engaging and at times infuriating feminist polemic", Katrine Marcal, in … Read More
Portugal: From Sick Man To Poster Boy
As finance minister, Mário Centeno is a key figure in Portugal at a time when the Portuguese economy is "especially interesting and, in many ways, especially successful": with unemployment halved from … Read More
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