The Greek Economy Is Recovering And Exiting The Crisis
The latest data from Eurostat shows that the Greek economy is steadily entering a growth phase, after many years of recession. Investments are increasing and
Year: 2017
The Euro’s Narrow Path
With Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the French presidential election, and Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union enjoying a comfortable lead in opinion polls ahead of Germany’s
Do Structural Reforms Of Labour Markets Impair Innovation?
Christoph Stein: You conclude from your research that supply-side labour market reforms have impaired innovation and labour productivity growth in major OECD countries. Why should
Brexit Thoughts From The Lake District
Walking across the Lake District, we were many miles from the South-East England “bubble”. But the realities of possible Brexit were as stark here as
“Resistance Alone Is Not Enough” – Women’s Rights And Illiberal Democracies
Women’s rights are under a dual attack: both the ‘neoliberal neopatriarchy’ and the reactionary anti-gender movements threaten to reverse hard-won gains in rights and equality.
Combating Hatred With History
After a white-supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which anti-fascist campaigner Heather Heyer was killed, and many others injured, US President Donald Trump notoriously blamed “both sides” for
Reinventing Social Democracy: An updated Swedish model
Well, Bo, thank you very much for joining us today to do a SWOT analysis of the Swedish Social Democratic party SAP. What is the
Economic Sovereignty: A Delusion
It has been Conservative policy in Britain since Mrs Thatcher to reduce the size of the state in pursuit of some golden age where private
Disentangling Refugee Flight And Immigration
The pace of migration to Europe has increased significantly in the last two years. Handling the high number of refugees in particular has posed great
Brexit And The Status Quo Ex-Ante
Where we are At the end of August Britain’s Labour Party formally announced its policy towards future relations with the European Union. The policy document
How Bad Will Brexit Really Be For The UK?
The great majority of the economic forecasts have concluded that Brexit will damage the UK economy. In the case of ‘no deal’ between the UK
Who Wants to Deregulate Finance?
Since a revolving door was installed at the entrance to the West Wing of the White House, it has been difficult to keep track of
The Promise Of Fiscal Money
Western capitalism has few sacred cows left. It is time to question one of them: the independence of central banks from elected governments. The rationale
Four Lessons For Europe From Italy’s Experience With Populism
Over the past two decades, Italy has been one of the strongest and most enduring markets for populist parties in Western Europe. While in other
To Build Europe We Need Citizen Lobbyists
While public sentiment about the European project has rebounded, Europeans remain largely dissatisfied with whether their voices and concerns count in Brussels. Despite recurrent calls
Strong Euro Is Here To Stay
The euro rally on FX markets really begins to look interesting now: 1.2 on the Dollar, a level never experienced since January 2015, just before
Activation Into In-Work Poverty?
A job is the best way out of poverty. This is a widely held belief among European policy-makers. Therefore, labour market reforms in European countries