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Tag Archives: Neoliberalism
Nov 8 2019
The roots of right-wing populism in Central and Eastern Europe: at the nexus of neoliberalism and the global culture wars
3 CommentsBy Elżbieta Korolczuk In their recent article in The Guardian, based on the forthcoming book The Light that Failed: The Reckoning Ivan Krastev and Steven Holmes claim that the current illiberal backlash in countries such as Poland and Hungary is best … Continue reading
Posted by: November 8, 2019
Tagged with: 1989, Central and Eastern Europe, Crisis, Democracy, globalisation, Liberal Democracy, Neoliberalism, populism, post-socialism, protests
Mar 31 2017
We’ve triggered Article 50. Is this such a tragedy for Europe?
1 CommentBy Mary Kaldor It is now possible that new governments in France and Germany will respond to civil society pressure and do what is needed to change the EU, without being blocked by Britain. This is a very sad day … Continue reading
Posted by: March 31, 2017
Tagged with: article 50, austerity, Brexit, Neoliberalism, populism
Jan 19 2017
Rerouting Globalisation: from economic to human development
Comments Off on Rerouting Globalisation: from economic to human developmentΒy Lucas Juan Manuel Alonso Alonso When the different stages of a production process are carried out in different countries, a form of global integration is being developed. The global integration of the production process is usually understood as economic … Continue reading
Posted by: January 19, 2017
Tagged with: China, Economic cycles, economic development, flexicurity, globalisation, growth, human capital, Neoliberalism, unemployment, USA
Jun 16 2016
Capitalism Today: The Austrian Presidential Election and the State of the Right and the Left in Europe
1 CommentBy Christian Fuchs Europe Today – Capitalism Today Europe is in a crisis. Capitalism’s contradictions resulted in a new world economic crisis that exploded in 2008. Governments have bailed out banks and have protected the rich and transnational corporations, while … Continue reading
Posted by: June 16, 2016
Tagged with: austerity, Euroscepticism, far-right, Neoliberalism, Socialism
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 25 2016
Crony Capitalism and Neoliberal Paradigm (Part I)
2 Commentsby Lucas Juan Manuel Alonso Alonso It is easy to see how almost all the European Union’s Member States, as well as other western advanced economies, are facing greater social inequalities, the spread of precarious/poorly-paid job conditions, greater tax burdens … Continue reading
Posted by: May 25, 2016
Tagged with: clientelism, crony capitalism, cronyism, globalisation, Neoliberalism
Oct 1 2014
Why Italy Will Not Make It
17 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi Three articles by prestigious commentators (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard and Roger Bootle for The Telegraph, Wolfgang Münchau for Financial Times) have recently appeared in the financial press about the economic situation of Italy and the (in)stability of its national … Continue reading
Posted by: October 1, 2014
Tagged with: Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, austerity, Decline of Europe, default, ECB, Eurozone architecture, Eurozone crisis, Financial Times, German Constitutional Court, Implosion, Italian economy, Italian public debt, Maastricht, Mario Draghi, Neo-Keynesian policies, Neoliberalism, Reforms in Italy, Roger Bootle, The Telegraph, Wolfgang Münchau
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
Aug 15 2013
Professor Patomäki: ‘There are good reasons to expect that the neoliberal era is coming to an end’
1 CommentContinuing our interview series of public intellectuals across Europe on the causes and effects of the crisis, Euro Crisis in the Press talks to Heikki Patomäki, Professor of World Politics at University of Helsinki and author of a recent monograph … Continue reading
Posted by: August 15, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, Neoliberalism