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Category Archives: European Integration
American & Russian pressures build momentum towards a European army
Every-so-often, discussions emerge regarding the need of establishing a European army. This is an idea as old as post-WWII European integration and the European Defence Community proposed in 1952 that died with the 1954 veto of the European Political Community. Beyond the … Continue reading
Holocaust Memorial Day – Never Forget
On this day 70 years ago, Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps in present-day Poland. The scale of death and human destruction they found there was not lost to these men, even though they had been fighting on the most violent … Continue reading
Germany’s Credit Fuelled Growth – Facts and Incomplete Recommendations
Some time ago, I came across this European Voice article by Adair Turner, senior fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking and at the centre for financial studies in Frankfurt. He argues that German growth has been fuelled by foreign … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Concepts, European History, European Integration, Sovereign debt Crisis, Uncategorized, Visions of the Political Future of Europe
Tagged 1923, Adair Turner, Competitive Devaluation, current account, Debt Monetisation, ECB, Euro-Zone Crisis Management, Euro-Zone exit, George Soros, Germany, Germany's credit-fuelled growth, Hyper-inflation, Leverage, Moral Hazard, Optimum Currency Area, Ruhr, Savings, Seignoriage, Unit Labour Costs, Weimar Republic, Zimbabwe
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Oh! …and this started happening 25 years ago
The Fall of the Berlin Wall! Here’s a nice video with the images I remember, even though my family had not relocated to France at the time yet. Memory can play funny tricks on you. I think I remember it … Continue reading
Posted in European History, European Integration
Tagged anniversary, European history, Fall of Berlin Wall
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Euroscepticism in the UK and the EU Budget – a case study
Every so often I’ll be talking with people regarding the special brand of Euroscepticism that prevails in the UK and think to myself I don’t really have a serious case study in mind. Sure, there’s the Daily Express’ “Get us … Continue reading
Posted in European Integration, European Interdependences, European National Politics, Uncategorized, Visions of the Political Future of Europe
Tagged Alienating EU partners, Capitalism, Capture, CIti AM, David Cameron, EU Budget, Euroscepticism, Growth, Identity, Kenneth Clarke, Leading from the rear, Media, Narratives, Norms, Paul Ormerod, Progressive Taxation, State Revenues, Theresa May, UK
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Challenges and the Future of Africa – What insights for Europe?
On Wednesday, October 8th 2014, I was among the audience of the Wincott Lecture (hosted by the eponymous Foundation at Local Government House in London) given by Professor Sir Paul Collier, author of “The Bottom Billion – Why the poorest … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Concepts, European Integration, European Interdependences, European National Politics, Political Concepts, Uncategorized, Visions of the Political Future of Europe
Tagged Africa, Challenges for Africa, Corruption, cultural subsidiarity, Economic policies, economic subsidiarity, Europe, How Sociology links with Economics and Politics, Identity, Industrial Policy, Institutions, Narratives, Norms, Paul Collier, predation, Sociology, the tension between cultural and economic subsidiarity
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2014 European Parliament Election Review – It’s not the end of the world…
Following last Sunday’s European Parliament election the press has been gloomy and for a time, so was I. This is a quick post to see the forest and the trees and to consider “how much wood can these wood chucks … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, European Integration, Media Coverage, Visions of the Political Future of Europe
Tagged Alain Juppe, Current Account Balance, Draghi, Economics and politics, Euro-zone, European Parliament Elections, European Parliament Elections 1979, European Parliament Elections 1984, European Parliament Elections 1989, European Parliament Elections 1994, European Parliament Elections 1999, European Parliament Elections 2004, European Parliament Elections 2009, European Parliament Elections 2014, European Union, Euroscepticism, Farage, Fiscal Multipliers, France, Front National, GDP growth, Hollande, Labour Party, MBS, OCA, Optimum Currency Area, political economy, Popularity of politicians, PS, QE, Sarkozy, Trade balance, UK, UKIP, UMP, Valls, Voter intention polls
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Where you can find me these days
As expected, I have moved to fresher pastures. I have been the Economics Editor at sister publications NordSIP and Ekonamik since the beginning of January 2019 and want to invite you to check out our content. Both publications are focused … Continue reading →