Will Defunding Hungary And Poland Backfire?
Discussions surrounding the European Union’s 2021-2027 budget are intensifying, owing to many European policymakers’ insistence that regional development funds be disbursed only to member states
What Italy’s Crisis Means For Europe
Since the populist Five Star Movement and the right-wing League captured a combined parliamentary majority in Italy’s March 4th election, Italian politics has been at
The World(s) Of Work In Transition: Managing The ‘Megatrends’ Impacting Labour Markets And Society
The French journalist Alphonse Karr once observed that we can either complain because rose bushes have thorns or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. Karr
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
Israel, Palestine And Europe’s Selective Historical Amnesia
When my father and his parents returned to Orosháza in Hungary, having been held as slave labourers in Vienna during the latter stages of World
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
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
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
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)
Lib-Pop Politics: Why Italy’s New Government Is More Neoliberal Than Populist
A new Italian government is in the making, with an unprecedented alliance between the Five Stars Movement (33% of votes in the March 2018 elections;
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
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