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Tag Archives: Inequality
Feb 7 2017
Against Anti-Pluralism
Comments Off on Against Anti-PluralismBy Max Hänska Citizens are voting for candidates hitherto considered unlikely; the future of the EU, and indeed the post-war international order is in question. It is unsurprising that the current fin de siècle atmosphere, and many citizens’ sense of … Continue reading
Posted by: February 7, 2017
Tagged with: Blame, Democracy, European identity, Euroscepticism, immigration, Inequality, Nationalism, populism, Trump
Oct 4 2016
The Great Stagnation
1 CommentBy Marion Labouré and Juergen Braunstein The recent Brexit vote, as well as high uncertainty around a number of upcoming elections (e.g., the 2016 US and 2017 French presidential elections), are only symptoms of a larger underlying problem. Voting for … Continue reading
Posted by: October 4, 2016
Tagged with: Euro crisis, Inequality, recession, stagnation, Sweden, top 1%
May 30 2016
Crony Capitalism and Neoliberal Paradigm (Part II)
1 CommentBy Lucas Juan Manuel Alonso Alonso This is the second and final part of Crony Capitalism and Neoliberal Paradigm, the first part was posted earlier on this very blog. It is easy to see how almost all the European Union’s … Continue reading
Posted by: May 30, 2016
Tagged with: capitalism, Inequality, Neoliberalism
May 7 2015
The Double Death of Europe
5 CommentsBy Adrian Pabst Introduction: the broken promise of peace and prosperity The continual crisis in the Eurozone and in Ukraine poses the most serious danger to Europe since the darkest days of the Cold War. Economic devastation in the south … Continue reading
Posted by: May 7, 2015
Tagged with: Accountability, Crisis, European identity, European integration, European Public Sphere, European Union, Euroscepticism, Eurozone, Eurozone crisis, Inequality, Islamic State, Nationalism, peace dividend, populism, Ukraine, unemployment
Mar 12 2015
Germany, the giant with the feet of clay
4 CommentsBy Terence Tse and Mark Esposito On the surface, it stands to reason to think that, as Europe’s largest economy, Germany’s position in Europe can act as the saviour to pull the Eurozone out of its current plight. By … Continue reading
Posted by: March 12, 2015
Tagged with: birth rate, education, EU, Eurozone, growth, Inequality, pensions, Reforms, unemployment
Jul 3 2014
European economy’s invisible transformation: expulsions and predatory capitalism
2 CommentsBy Saskia Sassen Parts of our economies, societies, and states in Europe are being stripped bare by an extreme form of predatory capitalism.[1] And this stripping can coexist with growth in much of our economies. The majority of workers and … Continue reading
Posted by: July 3, 2014
Tagged with: ECB, European economy, Inequality, unemployment
Jun 10 2014
Mind the Gaps: The Political Consequences of the Great Recession in Europe
5 CommentsBy Diego Muro and Guillem Vidal The financial crisis that started in 2008 had an unanticipated magnitude. What at first glance appeared as a manageable frailty of the financial sector rapidly derived into a Great Recession with on-going continuity into … Continue reading
Posted by: June 10, 2014
Tagged with: Accountability, democratic deficit, ECB, Gini, Gini coefficient, Inequality, legitimacy
Mar 19 2014
Take a map of Europe… Violence, gender and (in)equality in the EU
2 CommentsBy Catherine Briddick Take a map of Europe (go on, this is going to be fun). Look at it. Think about the recent (and continuing) financial crises and, depending on your position on the political spectrum and views of the … Continue reading
Posted by: March 19, 2014
Tagged with: Agency for Fundamental Rights, Gender, Inequality, Istanbul Convention, rape, Violence, women
Sep 17 2013
Gendering the Euro Crisis
Comments Off on Gendering the Euro CrisisBy 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
Posted by: September 17, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, ethnicity, fiscal deficits, growth, Inequality, Neoliberalism, social class, women
Jul 29 2013
‘The very idea of the European Union is being questioned’ – Interview with Emilio Ontiveros
3 CommentsEuro Crisis in the Press has asked the views of influential analysts and commentators throughout Europe on the multifaceted crisis facing the European Union. In today’s interview, Emilio Ontiveros Baeza, Economics Professor and President of ‘Analistas Financieros Internacionales’ (AFI), argues that … Continue reading
Posted by: July 29, 2013
Tagged with: AFI, banking union, extreme austerity, Inequality, Spanish economy, unemployment rate