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Category Archives: European Interdependences
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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The UK Referendum on EU Membership: Narrative, Economic Realities and Political Ambitions
As the the British Prime Minister is on the verge of announcing a referendum on continued UK membership of the EU, this post considers the narrative surrounding this issue and concludes that despite the arguments in favour or against, voter … Continue reading
Posted in European Integration, European Interdependences, European National Politics
Tagged Anders Borg, Boris Johnson, David Cameron, EU Referendum, Finance, Finland, International intergration, Netherlands, Referendum on UK Membership of the EU, Sweden, Trade, UK, UK interdependences with EU
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The European Banking Union Negotiations – Supervision
The banking union is a particularly important item in the long term reform agenda of the EU/Euro-Zone, and one that has often been neglected. In a crisis that is characterised by the linkages between public finances and the banking sectors, … Continue reading
Posted in Banking, ECB, European Integration, European Interdependences, Finance, Inflation, Sovereign debt Crisis, Week Ahead
Tagged Banking Union, Denmark, ECB, European Bank Deposit Guarantee, European Bank Deposit Guarantee Scheme, European Banking debt resolution, European Banking Supervision, European Banking Union, European Banking Union Negotiations, Financial Stability, France, Germany, Landesbank, Landesbanken, Price Stability, Scope of supervision, Spain, Sweden, UK, Voting rights
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On International Political Economy Equilibria – Introductory thoughts, Constraints and some Intuition
Analysts, particularly economists, like to think of the world as a system moving towards and around “stable equilibria”. While this is not necessarily always true and a lot of systems do behave as a random walk, the relative usefulness of equilibrum … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Concepts, European Integration, European Interdependences, Sovereign debt Crisis, World Affairs
Tagged Dani Rodrik, Dual Equilibria, Euro-Zone Sovereign Debt Crisis, Fixed Exchange Rates, Free Capital Flow, Friedman, Globalisation, Hauptmeier Mittermaier and Rincke (2009), Impossible trinity, Independent Monetary Policy, International Economics, International Political Economy, International Political Equilibria, Mass Democratic Competition, Multiple Equilibria, Mundell-Flemming, Nation State, Overall Equilibria, Overlapping Equilibria, Rodrik, Trilemma
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Divergence in the Euro-Zone: Famous, Obscure and Predictable Facts
In a previous post about the theory of optimum currency areas (OCA), asymmetric shocks, structural problems and the intrinsic need that this creates for the institution of a fiscal union, I argued that incomplete by monetary unions (i.e.: lacking a … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Concepts, Euro-zone Update, European Interdependences, Uncategorized
Tagged Divergence, Euro-zone divergence, France, GDP, Germany, Government Bond Yields, Greece, Inflation, Ireland, Portugal, Potential GDP, real Exchange Rate, Spain, ULB, Unemployment, Unit Labour Costs
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Why Germans should support the Euro: TIBA, not TINA
I wish I had thought of writing this a long time ago, but unfortunately I did not. Hopefully this post will go some way towards providing a long overdue argument for the benefits of EMU membership to Germany. What I … Continue reading
Place du Luxembourg 
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 →