Tackling Trafficking For Labour Exploitation In Europe: New Way Forward Together
The European Union (EU) has strong legislation in place that protects workers from being exploited and also enables businesses to engage in fair competition. Workers
Scenarios For A Digital Europe
A lot of hype has built up around digitalisation, in some Member States as well as in Brussels. On one side, the over-enthusiastic camp bases
Austrian Democrats Must Unite To Stop The Far Right
The resistible rise of the Far Right in Austria. The presidential election is on a knife-edge before the deciding round of at the end of May.
Europe’s Dangerous Nostalgia
The European Union has a dangerous case of nostalgia. Not only is a yearning for the “good old days” – before the EU supposedly impinged
Young Brits Have Most At Stake In The Brexit Referendum But Know The Least About The EU
Never before have so many had to decide on something they knew or cared so little about. The “London bubble” is obsessing about the EU
Why Brexit Would Make The UK Less Democratic, Not More
From the very beginning of the debate over Britain’s place in Europe, it has been argued that membership of the EU and its predecessors would
Germany’s Costly Fiscal Fetish
The European Central Bank is under heavy attack in Germany, a country that has long prided itself on defending the principle of central-bank independence. Indeed,
Inside Hungary’s ‘Work-Based Society’
Much international attention has focused upon the rhetoric of Viktor Orban in recent years, with both supporters and detractors transfixed by his approach to foreign
The Welfare State In Europe: Still Worth Having?
Have the negative economic consequences brought about by the financial crisis made European welfare states unaffordable? Iain Begg writes that while there is some validity to criticisms
A British Bridge For A Divided Europe
The European Union has never been very popular in Britain. It joined late, and its voters will be asked on June 23 whether they want
The Central Problem With Banks Is “Too Complex To Fail” Not “Too Big To Fail”
Poor Bernie Sanders. How can you expect to become US president if you are not familiar with the relative spheres of competence of the Federal Reserve
Brexit And The Balance Of Power
Britain joined what became the European Union in 1973. This year, on June 23, it will hold a referendum on whether to leave. Should it?
The Dutch Referendum – Revolt Of The 60%
Highly educated versus lowly educated. Muslims against non-Muslims. ’People’ versus ‘Elite’. Young against old. Mainstream against populist. All is pointing in the same direction: countries
A Progressive Logic Of Trade
The global trade regime has never been very popular in the United States. Neither the World Trade Organization nor the multitudes of regional trade deals
The Brexit Alarm
I have no special expertise on the question of whether Britain should leave (or “Brexit”) the European Union. True, I did live in the United
Why Basic Income Can Never Be A Progressive Solution
Most advocates of basic income only answer the arguments of the right – mainly concerning the willingness to work – and never imagine there can
What’s Wrong With Negative Interest Rates?
I wrote at the beginning of January that economic conditions this year were set to be as weak as in 2015, which was the worst year since