The Commission’s White Paper understates both the depth of the crisis associated with the EU status quo and what needs to be done about it In Part One of this blog I offered an overview of the European Commission’s recent White Paper (WP) on The Future of Europe (at 27) and highlighted some of the political debate and division it … Continue reading →
22 March 2017 by Owen Parker
Categories: SPERI Comment
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Tags: governance crisis, Owen Parker, social purpose, The future of Europe, Vivien Schmidt, White Paper
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To meet collective societal challenges, and to respond to future recessions, a different way of thinking about money is required One particular exchange from the inaugural SPERI conference in 2012 has always stuck in my mind. After Colin Hay’s opening address, Bob Jessop asked him, ‘what is your theory of money?’ At the time I thought this was distractingly abstract, … Continue reading →
5 April 2016 by Andrew Baker
Categories: British growth crisis, Economics, Finance, Politics and policy, SPERI Comment
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Tags: Andrew Baker, banks, infrastructure deficit, Keynesianism, liquidity trap, money, Positive Money, privatisation, QE, recession, social purpose
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The political economy of the White Paper on The Future of Europe: Part Two
The Commission’s White Paper understates both the depth of the crisis associated with the EU status quo and what needs to be done about it In Part One of this blog I offered an overview of the European Commission’s recent White Paper (WP) on The Future of Europe (at 27) and highlighted some of the political debate and division it … Continue reading →
22 March 2017 by Owen Parker
Categories: SPERI Comment | Tags: governance crisis, Owen Parker, social purpose, The future of Europe, Vivien Schmidt, White Paper | Leave a comment