Optimism at the beginning of the year was probably premature. Manufacturing output fell sharply in January in France, confirming that industry is currently in a strong slowdown phase, which is likely to continue over the coming months. So much for the EU’s growth prognosis.
EU politics
Ben Burgis: We should have listened to Bernie Sanders about Ukraine
Bernie got it right again. Read the article here.
Inequality
Chien-Huei Wu and Ching-Fu Lin: Taiwan and the Myth of UN Resolution 2758
Why has the UN shut the door on Taiwan, the most democratic country in Asia? Why are citizens of Taiwan not even allowed to enter the premises of the United Nations? Read Here Ank Kumar/Wikimedia Commons
Economics
Danny Rodrik – The New Productivism Paradigm?
There are signs of a major reorientation toward an economic policy framework that is rooted in production, work, and localism instead of finance, consumerism, and globalism. It might just turn into a new policy model […]
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