Opinion – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of COVID-19 Recovery Financing in Europe
COVID-19 has exposed the weaknesses of both the EU and the eurozone and brought into question the fiscal and political survival of the bloc.
Review – The Left Case Against the EU
An important contribution to the left debate over the European Union that mercilessly shatters many of the arguments presented by ‘remain and reform’ advocates.
Review – Adults in the Room: My Battle With Europe’s Deep Establishment
Rather than a lesson on the economics of bailouts and austerity, Varoufakis’ memoir reads like a treatise on the politics of sovereign debt restructuring during crises.
Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter. Welcome to 2017
In the midst of Brexit, 2017 is the year in which the fate of the European Union will be decided.
Greeks and Psychiatry in Crisis
The post-2008 financial crisis goes beyond the economic problems that Greece now faces. It has also created a generalized crisis in the field of psychiatry.
What Lies Ahead: Accelerating Growth or Secular Stagnation?
Although recent statistics point to the end of the recession in the Eurozone and the UK, and to economic growth in the US, there are some good reasons to critically examine these ‘recoveries’.
Letta’s Government: Between the Italian Rock and the European Hard Place
There is widespread domestic consensus that Enrico Letta’s government is the only road that Italy can travel for now. How long it will survive Italian and European politics is another matter.
Review – From Stagnation to Forced Adjustment
The economic crisis in Greece and the financial bailouts it received sent shockwaves through the Eurozone and global markets. Could reforms have avoided the collapse? Why were they not successful?
Can Europe Survive the Euro?
How can one change the policies of the European Union without politicization? What the EU needs is ‘policy with politics’ where the Eurozone crisis should be solved through growth, not endless austerity and decline.
‘Democracy is in Peril’: Agonistic Pluralism after the Greek Election
What should be taken from the Greek election is that the political institutions of the country offered, and the electorate seriously considered, an alternative.
