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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
There are limits to the effectiveness of Member States’ pension reforms… Europe, it’s often said, is experiencing a worsening ageing crisis. European governments grappling with
As the weather cools and Europeans get back to work after the summer break, the temperature of the EU trade policy row is hotting up.
Arkadiusz Jóżwik had been standing outside a pizza take-away in Harlow, Essex, chatting to his friends in Polish, when a group of up to 12
Joe Stiglitz, thank you very much for joining us today. Let’s dive in right at the deep end. People might be forgiven for not following
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
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
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