Social Europe

Lessons From 15 Years Of Japanese Deflation

While Mario Draghi has stolen the show with his speech at Jackson Hole, another speech by Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan, is

Illegal Migration To Europe: What Should Be Done?

There is a real and present danger of overt hostility of majority populations towards the minorities established in the EU. An important factor fuelling rising

Brexit Or Not? Time For The EU To Move

The deteriorating relationship between the United Kingdom (UK) and the rest of the EU, including the prospect of a referendum on EU membership, would have

The Greater Depression

First it was the 2007 financial crisis. Then it became the 2008 financial crisis. Next it was the downturn of 2008-2009. Finally, in mid-2009, it

Democracy In The Twenty-First Century

The reception in the United States, and in other advanced economies, of Thomas Piketty’s recent book Capital in the Twenty-First Century attests to growing concern about rising

Europe According To Mario Draghi

Central bankers are often proud to be boring. Not Mario Draghi. Two years ago, in July 2012, Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank,

The Perils Of Economic Consensus

The Initiative on Global Markets, based at the University of Chicago, periodically surveys a group of leading academic economists, of varying political persuasions, on the issues

Why We Need A More Substantive European Democracy

Are we witnessing a transition toward a post-democratic society? In an interview with EUROPP’s editor Stuart Brown, Colin Crouch discusses democracy within the EU, the use of

The Politics Of Radical Hope

I’ll begin with a story. One that dominates the philosopher Jonathan Lear’s brilliant book, ‘Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation’. It is about the

Social Progress In Europe Depends On Economic Reform

The social challenges in Europe are clear and will not easily be overcome over the next half decade: 25 million Europeans are unemployed, with unemployment

Erdoğan And The Paradox Of Populism

The triumph of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey’s first direct presidential election is no surprise. Erdoğan is popular, and, as Prime Minister since 2003, he

Work, Worth And Wages

What someone is paid has little or no relationship to what their work is worth to society. Does anyone seriously believe hedge-fund mogul Steven A. Cohen

The Inequality Of Life And Death

There is no more urgent social task in rich countries than to tackle vital inequality, the inequality of life, health, and death. European welfare states