Who is the nation? Chris Dillow, as so often, opens a door that we walk past every day and never ask what is behind it.
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Chris Dillow: “The country”
EU politics
The New York Times: In Denmark, Harsh New Laws for Immigrant ‘Ghettos’
What happened to city planning? There was a time when new social housing was built integrated in stable neighbourhoods, thus avoiding the creation of ghettos. Social segregation seems to be back on the European agenda […]
Economics
Reuters: Spanish manufacturing shrinks in June at fastest rate in six years – PMI
As Juan Laborda writes here the Spanish government under pressure from the EU is leading Spain into a recession. Read here
Austerity
Desmond Cohen – Not in it together: the distributional impact of austerity
Are people being taxed fairly? Not in Britain. New data reveals how the tax and benefit changes made since 2010 have disproportionately fallen on the poorest, ethnic minorities, women, children and the disabled. Read here
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