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The debate on Europe‘s future has become lop-sided. The fascinating idea of European integration, of finding a peaceful and cooperative order on a continent torn apart by wars and conflicts has deteriorated. We are left with a narrow-minded discussion on sovereign debt and its impact on interest rates and monetary stability. Developing a stable democratic [...]
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There is a great deal of confusion about what European industrial policy currently is. Even greater perplexity lies in what European industrial policy might be. Aside from policies that influence industry, macroeconomic ones for example, as well as policies that constrain or aid industry but are not exclusively tailored for it, such as energy policy, [...]
After the murder of more than 70 people by Anders Behring Breivik, a former member of Norway’s right-wing populist Progress Party, it is not only Norway that must face the question of how far the gruesome massacre can be dismissed as the act of a deranged individual or whether right-wing populist opinion in the country [...]
Conventional wisdom in money centers characterizes the welfare state as wasteful and inefficient, penalizing good hard-working people in order to subsidize those that would rather live on state largesse than work for a living. Most recently, rising levels of government debt have given the bond markets and the rating agencies reason to attack a number [...]
One of the enduring failures of developed economies is the persistence of high levels of unemployment, and other involuntary non-participation in the labour force, even at the best of times. There are strong reasons, in terms of justice and equality, for the introduction of job guarantee schemes. As well as being an ethical imperative, it [...]
Forty years ago, wealthy Americans financed the U.S.government mainly through their tax payments. Today wealthy Americans finance the government mainly by lending it money. While foreigners own most of our national debt, over 40 percent is owned by Americans – mostly the very wealthy. This great switch by the super rich – from paying the government taxes to lending the government money — has gone almost unnoticed. But it’s critical [...]
The European information and communication technology (ICT) industry is largely based on service providers and less on manufacturing companies. In the past years trade unions have witnessed structural changes in the sector, including an increasing prevalence of outsourcing with its consequences for the European workforce. In addition, the industry is facing numerous challenges to maintain [...]
Are the member states of the Eurozone responsible for the Euro crisis the ones having problems servicing their debt? The majority of people in Europe believe that this is the case. Therefore, indebted countries like Greece, Portugal and Ireland must subject themselves to a brutal austerity program of savage cuts in welfare spending, diminishing public [...]
Nearly everywhere, it seems, there’s a populist revolt against established politics. From the True Finns in Finland, to the Front National 2.0 in France, to the Tea Party movement in America, and to the Sarrazin-upheaval in Germany the populist revolt continues. But what are the common causes? Why is it happening? Why now? What is [...]
Outside of political circles, little is known about new leader Håkan Juholt. What strategy will he employ to take on the astutely placed centre-right government? The skater Stephen Bradbury is famous for winning Australia’s first Winter Olympic gold medal in the 1000 meter speed skating by virtue of the fact that all of his competition [...]
A groundswell of professional and public opinion has put the UK Coalition in hot water, giving Labour a real chance to fatally brand the Tories, once again, as the enemies of the National Health Service. Less than a year since the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats formed a government, they are in deep trouble together. [...]
The Finnish social democratic party was a leading force in the Finnish political system for decades. The so called Finnish popular front government consisting of the social democrats, the agrarian Centre Party and Finnish People’s Democratic League achieved significant welfare state reforms starting from the late 1960`s. Comprehensive school and health care reforms were introduced [...]
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