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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 [...]
The EU must act on a Tobin Tax
Have Gordon Brown, Nicholas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel and other EU leaders dropped their support for a Tobin tax, or will they press home the idea in the near future? This question is crucial, particularly now that there are widespread plans for ‘budget cuts’ amongst EU member states, including possible rises in VAT in the UK.
A [...]
What now for Social Democracy in Europe?
Only social democratic solutions are capable of addressing the crises we face.
I was listening to a French trade unionist recently who started his speech by saying ‘there is not one crisis, there are three crises’ – and then added, rather cheerfully, ‘at least’. He was referring to the economic crisis, the environmental crisis and the [...]
