The Unresolved Dilemma Of Czech Immigration Policy
This April, responding to an incident of refugee ping-pong between the Czech Republic and Germany, the Czech Interior Minister, Milan Chovanec, told the press that
Fewer Routine Jobs But More Routine Work
In the digital age, there are fewer routine jobs because of a higher risk of automation. But a great paradox of this age is this:
Repowering Europe: How To Combat Austerity, Alienation and Brexit
In the eyes of its citizens the EU has become the patron of an unfair modernisation that benefits only a handful of people. It can
Robotics Or Fascination With Anthropomorphism?
Recent discussions about the “advent of robots” have some rather unusual features. The threat of robots replacing humans is seen as something truly novel, possibly
Why Inequality Is Bad For Health
Many of us remember the 1970s for its music and fashion, but we should also take a lesson from its mistaken beliefs. Without easy access
Why The Anti-National Revolution Is Coming
For the past several centuries, the world has experienced a sequence of intellectual revolutions against oppression of one sort or another. These revolutions operate in
Europe’s Challenge From Sub-Saharan Africa
Whilst Europe is fiddling and dallying on the Syrian front, sub-Saharan Africa is burning and Europe seems to be totally unable to do anything about
Smart Schäuble’s Stupid Selfish Economics
At a conference in Berlin on 29 June, the German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, when asked about the situation of Deutsche Bank, said he was
Of Folk Devils And Moral Panic: Hungary’s Referendum On Mandatory EU Migrant Quotas
For several weeks, streets in Budapest, as elsewhere in Hungary, have been awash with government-funded placards representing an overt incitement to racial and religious hatred.
Appeasement Is Not The Way – Now As Then
As the UN Refugee Summit draws near, within Europe the notion of international protection is being honoured in the breach. New reports of refused asylum
Could Any Good Come Out Of The Brexit Vote?
Will Brexit turn out to be, all things considered, a good thing? I very much doubt it. Essentially because what it amounts to is that
Path To Authoritarianism: The Collapse Of The Politics Of Accommodation
Democracy is built on the values of citizenship and the equal freedom of each and every individual. The rights and duties of each citizen entail
Trump’s Emotional Intelligence Deficit
Last month, 50 former national security officials who had served at high levels in Republican administrations from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush published a letter saying
Inequality: What Can Be Done About It?
Tony Atkinson, good morning and thank you very much for joining us today. Good morning. You have been working and researching the topic of inequality
Germany’s Debt Brake Is Not A Model For Europe
My IMK colleagues Christoph Paetz, Katja Rietzler and Achim Truger have just issued an important analysis of experience with the German Schuldenbremse (debt brake) since 2011. If you read
The Illiberal International
Stalin, in the first decade of Soviet power, backed the idea of “socialism in one country,” meaning that, until conditions ripened, socialism was for the
The Euro: Why Joseph Stiglitz Is Wrong
Joseph Stiglitz, American economist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, has come out with a new book, The Euro: How a Common Currency Threatens