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Published in: HomeEurope’s failure, and how to avoid itThe European Union’s combination of crises - of finance, politics, and identity - makes the once unthinkable a real...
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Published in: HomeGreece’s failed state and Europe’s response
Far more dangerous than the present financial crisis threatening the euro, Greece looks like a failed EU state,...
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Published in: openEconomyWill fiat currencies survive?
Money that is entirely created by government fiat celebrated its 40th birthday this summer. Are the inflation hawks...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: the need for trans-European politics
The EU's crisis has been framed as an economic one, with the self-interest of individuals in nation states pitted...
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Published in: HomeCut the debt, cut growth?
Italy has just passed yet another austerity measure, enduring another batch of strikes and protests. Given the...
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Published in: openEconomyBlame the speculator, shoot the messenger: habits of the trapped politician
Sergio Bruno makes much of the recent rise in the cost of borrowing for the Italian government, blaming speculation...
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Published in: openEconomyMoney, public debt and the Euro: defences against fragmentation
Roger Scruton (Unreal Estates) argues for a remoralised economy in response to Europe's debt crisis. But this is...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: the political battles ahead
Europe’s political landscape is marked by conservative governments and waves of anti-EU right-wing populism. A fully...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: the eclipse of reason and democracy
The myths of monetary policy, the dangers of austerity, the need for a reconstruction of the real economy - these...
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Published in: HomeGermany: the beleaguered European island
Many outward economic indicators still tell a story of German success. Inside, there are many signs of a troubled...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: reclaim economic policy
The European Union faces two economic problems; debt and growth. Do not let the supposed solutions of the first...
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Published in: HomeThe new road to Europe: ways out of the hydra-headed crisis
The European Union is uniquely placed to solve the problems that have been caused by the tensions and templates of...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: What did not work? An interview with Giuliano Amato
“What we did has not worked. It has, at this point, become obvious to everyone that without greater economic and...
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Published in: openEconomyWhy the Euro is a force of political centralisation
This article was published 11 years ago in the Salisbury Review - then a small right-wing magazine edited by oD...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: the return of the State
Too much economic activity in finance, too little investment for the real economy and society. Consumption falls,...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: the green alternative
Repeated institutional failures of the European Union are before us. Against current neoliberal ideology, the Green...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: when Europe went right it went wrong
The turn into a neoliberal direction of European integration is at the root of the present crisis. In the search to...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: racing for the lifeboats
In July, amidst great drama, the Eurozone seemed to enact a political compromise, saving the euro as a single...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: movements and democracy
Europe’s crisis is a crisis of democracy. The ‘democracy of the experts’ cannot deliver: representative democracy is...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: questions on the UnionWhat do the mountains of debt of a west that used to be rich have in common? Were errors made in the construction...