The unintended euro and the problem of Italy
The fate of Italy will determine what kind of monetary union, and with which member-states, can survive The present confrontation between the Italian government and the European Commission over the […]
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The Coming Crisis: systemic stabilization and the investment state
A new ‘investment state’ is needed to provide stability in the new uncertain political economy of shadow money, financial instability […]
The Coming Crisis: the monetary policy credibility trap
In the latest blog in SPERI’s series on ‘The Coming Crisis’ Jacqueline Best asks: what do central banks and governments […]
A clash of two projects: fundamental rights and the European Monetary Union
The EU could re-introduce fundamental rights into the governance of the Eurozone merely by holding to commitments it has already […]
Vorsprung durch Technik? Germany and the Eurozone crisis
Key aspects of Germany’s approach to the Eurozone crisis are structural, but they still have a ‘dark side’ So, Greece […]
Saving ‘Social Europe’
Reinterpreting the rules ‘by stealth’ is all that is presently possible in governing the Eurozone economy During the euro’s sovereign […]