Steven Hill
Steven Hill is a political writer and director of the Political Reform Program at the New America Foundation. His next book, Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way Is the Best Hope for an Insecure Age (www.EuropesPromise.org), will be published in January 2010. His previous books include 10 Steps to Repair American Democracy (2006); Fixing Elections: The Failure of America’s Winner Take All Politics (2003); and Whose Vote Counts (with Rob Richie, 2001). His articles and commentaries have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, Financial Times and many other leading publications.
The Greek Aftershock – Will it Make or Break Europe?
After the earthquake come the aftershocks. That is a law of geophysics, and now apparently of economics. Well over a year ago, the world economy suffered a massive economic quake of 8.0 on the Richter scale. Since then different countries have been experiencing a number of aftershocks.
Two aftershocks have grabbed headlines, one recently in [...]
What a Post-American World means for Europe
In recent months, Europe has learned some hard lessons about its transatlantic partner. President Barack Obama triggered great hope when he replaced George W. Bush at the American helm. But a year later, especially following Obama’s failure to produce anything of substance at Copenhagen, Europeans are realizing that Obama is going to have a difficult [...]
Next Steps for Social Democracy: An American Perspective
Europe still has a role to play as a beacon for social-democratic values.
As an American, I have been following this discussion with great interest. The predicament of social democracy strikes at the heart of several modern dilemmas that will be at the forefront of the twenty-first century. Much hangs in the balance.
From the faraway shores [...]
World Wide Webbed: The Obama Campaign’s masterful Use of the Internet
Just as President Barack Obama has shaken up the status quo in his first 100 days in office, his campaign overturned old formulas about how to win the presidency. The Obama campaign did not focus only on battleground states, but instead charged into states that previously had been solidly Republican turf. With a historic economic [...]