On Apple Tax, State Must Side With Its Citizens
It is widely agreed that globalisation has brought immense benefits. But it is also recognised that these benefits are not equally distributed. Last week’s Apple
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Monetary Policy Post Brexit: More Of The Same And Why It Will Not Work
The UK (and maybe the world) faces severe and worsening economic conditions due to Brexit. Many commentators do not seem to understand that there are
Why The Apple Tax Bill Is Not Protectionism
International conflicts are inevitable when governments challenge the excesses of multinational corporations. Emotions are running high after the EU commission ordered the Irish government to claw
Using The CETA To Move Towards A Social And Environment-Friendly Globalisation
Economic globalisation has accelerated enormously. With the advances in information technology and international trade policies, it now permeates almost every sector of the economy as
Saving The EU From The Euro, The Most Extreme Neo-Liberal Trap
The Ventotene summit among Prime Minister Renzi, Chancellor Merkel and President Hollande took place recently. Crucial issues were on the agenda: the geo-political conflicts at
The Scarecrow Of National Debt
Most people are more worried by government debt than about taxation. “But it’s trillions” a friend of mine recently expostulated about the United Kingdom’s national debt. He
The Halt In Global Trade Growth And The Rise Of Neo-Mercantilism
The process of globalization is in retreat. The latest victim of the global economic slowdown is international trade: after tumultuous growth in the last 26
A Brief History Of (In)equality
The Berkeley economist Barry Eichengreen recently gave a talk in Lisbon about inequality that demonstrated one of the virtues of being a scholar of economic history. Eichengreen, like me,
The Popular Revolt Against Globalization And The Abdication Of The Left
As the world reels from the Brexit shock, it is dawning on economists and policymakers that they severely underestimated the political fragility of the current
Financing vs. Spending Unions: How To Remedy The Euro Zone’s Original Sin
In economic policy, timing isn’t everything, it’s the only thing. The euro zone crisis has been evolving for over seven years, making it difficult to
Basic Income Revisited
Britain isn’t the only country holding a referendum this month. On June 5, Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected, by 77% to 23%, the proposition that every
Why Are Voters Ignoring Experts?
By the time British citizens went to the polls on June 23 to decide on their country’s continued membership in the European Union, there had
The EU Should Take The Side Of The Losers Of Globalization
How should the European Union react to the decision of the British people to withdraw from the union? This is the question that is at
What A Wonderful New World: The Sharing Economy
The European Commission has just issued a communication on “A European agenda for the collaborative economy” (02.06.2016). The Commission considers this term ‘collaborative economy’ as
Brexit’s Economic Consequences: Austria And Switzerland As Potential Counterfactuals
In the UK currently there is a heated debate between those who want to stay in the EU and those who want to leave the
Universal Basic Income: a disarmingly simple idea—and fad
Universal basic income is a disarmingly simple idea based on a disarmingly simple premise. The digital revolution threatens massive technological unemployment; ergo, every citizen should
Simple Arithmetic Shows Why Basic Income Schemes Cannot Work
Swiss voters decided in a referendum on June 5 whether to introduce a “basic income”. In proposed reforms to the social welfare system, all residents would be