The Case For A Proper Macroeconomic Stabilisation Function For The EU
In the midst of continuing heavy discussions on future reforms of the European Monetary Union, the European Commission presented in May its long-awaited proposal for
Economy
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OECD Meets Piketty: An Alternative Economic Narrative
Today’s profits are not tomorrow’s investments A picture can say more than a thousand words. This is certainly true for the set of graphs (see
Mission Thinking: A Problem-Solving Approach To Fuel Innovation-Led Growth
The world is afflicted by problems that people experience in their daily lives: clean air in congested cities, a healthy and independent life in old
The Populists’ Euro
The majority of Italians want two things: new political leadership and the euro. The question is whether they can have both. The point about new
How Democratic Is The Euro?
When Italy’s president recently vetoed the appointment of the Euroskeptic Paolo Savona as finance minister in the government proposed by the Five Star Movement-League party
Marx From Industrial To Present-Day Capitalism
The present debate about Karl Marx oscillates between historicising him as a figure of the distant past and applying his insights for a critical view of
Europe’s Curse Of Wealth
I have already written before (in a tweet) that no one who travels through Western Europe, especially in Summer, can fail to be impressed by
A Globalisation For People, Not Business
Economists were certain that free trade would be a major source of general welfare enhancement. Resistance against it has been widely seen as irrationality driven
Symbolic Growth And Stagnant Wages
For decades, Western governments (and their economies) have been delivering real growth and economic well-being to their citizens. But changes that have occurred since the
Austerity: A Cyclical Tale
Historians are often tempted to think that events of the past return to the present under new clothes in a cyclical way. The Greek historian
The Post-Crisis EMU: A True OCA?
It is no secret that the Eurozone is not a complete Optimum Currency Area (OCA). Chief among its shortcomings is the uneven level of integration
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
From Neoliberal Ruins To Recovery: Iceland Is Real Poster-Boy
At a Nordic-Baltic Development Forum meeting, held in Riga some years ago, there arose a lively controversy on the relative merits of the Swedish (Nordic)
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
The Double Standard Of America’s China Trade Policy
A high-profile United States trade delegation appears to have returned empty-handed from its mission in China. The result is hardly a surprise, given the scale
Flawed Capitalism On Both Sides Of The Atlantic
Given the scale of poverty and inequality in contemporary Britain (and indeed in the United States), no right-thinking person can presumably be fully happy with