Shaun Richards: The economy of Italy returns to being a Girlfriend in a Coma

The number of racist attacks on refugees is soaring in Germany. Far-right offences average 100 per day, while the AfD are further boosted by a CDU anti-immigrant motion in the Bundestag. Read HERE

Wren-Lewis takes a very sobering approach to the idea of creating a European Monetary Fund. The problem is, who should run it? Definitely not politicians, writes Wren-Lewis. He sees the technocrats as the lesser evil. […]

Why was austerity popular? “Many people would argue that the macroeconomic case for fiscal stimulus was complex, while simple analogies between governments and households were easier to grasp. However I have also argued that the […]