Tag Archives: austerity

Oct 30 2013

Finnish and Dutch Government Budgets in the Eurocrisis: Between fanaticism and belief in fair play

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Posted in: Finland, The Netherlands

By Paul Jonker-Hoffren Autumn is a time for new plans to be made for the next year in national governments. Usually these new plans follow estimates by the national statistics office or the national central bank. This post compares the … Continue reading →

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Oct 23 2013

Political opportunism and the rise of extremism in Greece

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Posted in: Euroscepticism, Greece, Vassilis Paipais

By Vassilis Paipais Respected commentators of domestic politics in Greece often point to the rise of extremism in the country in the form of radical right-wing formations, such as the infamous Golden Dawn, by citing the lack of a deep … Continue reading →

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Oct 21 2013

“This is an existential challenge for Europe”- interview with George Pagoulatos

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Posted in: Europe, Greece, Interviews

  Continuing our conversations with public intellectuals across Europe on the causes and effects of the crisis, Euro Crisis in the Press talks to Professor George Pagoulatos, advisor to former Greek PM Papademos and member of the Board of Directors … Continue reading →

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Oct 10 2013

Finnish debate on EMU: A discussion without reliable evidence

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Posted in: Finland

By Maija Elonheimo If Finland wants to be internationally competitive, it will face either internal or an external devaluation of about 20 to 30 per cent.  If it chooses internal devaluation, it must cut pensions and salaries, and severely restructure … Continue reading →

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Oct 8 2013

The Demise of Italy and the Rise of Chaos

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Posted in: Italy, Roberto Orsi

by Roberto Orsi Future historians will probably regard Italy as the perfect showcase of a country which has managed to sink from the position of a prosperous, leading industrial nation just two decades ago to a condition of unchallenged economic … Continue reading →

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Sep 17 2013

Gendering the Euro Crisis

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Posted in: Europe, Gender, United Kingdom

By Ania Plomien and Diane Perrons Five years ago the failure of the international financial sector – prompted by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in the USA in September 2008, followed by the RBS bail out in the UK and the … Continue reading →

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Sep 13 2013

Disabused of Great Expectations? (Don’t) Hold your breath for Germany’s election

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Posted in: Europe, Germany, Max Hänska

By Max Hänska Those who were lucky enough to enjoy a vacation from the euro crisis this summer might partially owe this pleasure to the prevalent notion that all will be different after Germany’s election. “Then,” some might have exclaimed, “we … Continue reading →

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Aug 23 2013

The Myth of Journalistic Impartiality under Austerity

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Posted in: Europe, Greece

By Yiannis Baboulias “Stuff is biased” lamented a Greek journalist after a piece of mine was published in the New Statesman last February. In the piece, I was making the case that four young anarchists who had been arrested after … Continue reading →

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Aug 20 2013

Emerging Themes from the First Six Months of Euro Crisis in the Press

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Posted in: Euro, Europe, Henry Radice, Jose Javier Olivas, Maria Kyriakidou, Max Hänska, Outi Keranen, Roberto Orsi, Vassilis Paipais

By the Editorial Team The Euro Crisis in the Press blog began as part of a wider LSE-based research project on media representations of the Euro crisis across European states. The aim of the blog has been to provide a … Continue reading →

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Aug 19 2013

Finland Turns Humble as its Economic Outlook Worsens

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Posted in: Euroscepticism, Finland

By Kristi Raik Over the past few years, when the EU (together with the IMF) has had to rescue several member states from economic collapse, Finland has boasted with self-confidence. No longer. Finns have come back from their lakeside summer … Continue reading →

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