A New Approach To Eurozone Sovereign Debt
Greece’s public debt has been put back on Europe’s agenda. Indeed, this was perhaps the Greek government’s main achievement during its agonizing five-month standoff with
Explaining The EU’s Politics Of Austerity
What is the logic behind austerity? The standard explanations given during the last five years do not hold solid ground. Many – including famous economists
Rumours Of The Euro’s Likely Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated
To what extent do the problems illustrated by the Greek debt crisis threaten the future of the Eurozone? Iain Begg writes that while the prospects for Greece
How A Sovereign Insolvency Regime Would Polarise The Eurozone
Many economists advocate a sovereign insolvency regime to solve the problems that plague today’s Eurozone. If there were an orderly way to declare a government
The Work And Inequality Challenge Of The Digital Revolution: How Should Governments Respond?
After more than half a decade of debate dominated by the global financial crisis, 2014 saw a departure from this singular focus. Thomas Piketty started
The Unsettled Greek Revolution
While Syriza slowly recovers from the shock of the last few weeks, prime minister Alexis Tsipras is searching for a role. Greece after the referendum,
Germany In, With And For Europe
The following is the transcript of a speech former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt held at the party congress of the SPD in Berlin on 4th December
The End Of Work As We Know It
In 1983, the American economist and Nobel laureate Wassily Leontief made what was then a startling prediction. Machines, he said, are likely to replace human labor
How The German Government Gained 100bn From The Greek Crisis
I have long been mulling over how much money the German government has actually saved as a result of the Greek/Eurozone crisis. It has been
Why We Need A Cultural Revolution In American Capitalism
Corporations are at the center of market fundamentalist capitalism practiced in the UK and US. Yet, in contrast to northern Europe, they are only weakly
Why We Should Be Wary Of Proposals To ‘Parliamentarise’ EU Decision-making
Strengthening the role of the European Parliament has often been proposed as a method for addressing the EU’s alleged democratic deficit. Sergio Fabbrini writes that while there
What Is The Good Company?
Okay John, thank you very much for joining us today to discuss the concept that you recently put forward in a column in the Financial
America In The Way
The Third International Conference on Financing for Development recently convened in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. The conference came at a time when developing countries and
The Need For A Gender Perspective On Digitalization
In current debates, it is often discussed whether digitalization is good or bad for employees. Some expect that with the so-called digital revolution, work will
How To Improve Company Performance By Investing In People
European companies are rethinking how they can sustainably secure growth and competitiveness in the wake of the biggest global economic crisis since the Great Depression
Digital Politics: Why Progressives Need To Shape Rather Than Merely Exploit The Digital Economy
The IT revolution is transforming politics and opening up a new dimension of inequality. The Labour party can be as technologically savvy as it likes,
Rule Germania
A persistent theme – indeed the leitmotif – of the way that German leaders discuss the eurozone is their insistence on the importance of following