Watching the trials of the Catalan independentists now taking place at Spain’s highest court in Madrid, I have been reminded again and again of a scene from director Hal Ashby’s marvelous 1979 movie Being There.
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Economics
Eurostat: Business investment decreases to 23.2% in the euro area
The EU’s V-Recovery is unstoppable! The business investment rate in the euro area decreased to 23.2%, compared with 25.3% in the first quarter of 2020, reflecting the decrease of the gross fixed capital formation by […]
Austerity
Sharun Mukand and Dani Rodrik: The divided public heart
Is politics driven by pragmatic self-interest or by identities and ideals? The self-harming voter offers a clue. This is a long read, but it is the weekend and it is time well invested. Read here
EU politics
Jan Helbak: NATO’s unrealistic ambitions and inner weakness
The media focus on the communiquè of the NATO summit in Vilnius on 11-12 July was mainly on the process of Ukraine’s accession to NATO. Next, the focus turned to the economic and military contributions […]
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