In today’s Germany, Wolfgang Streeck argues, politicians laud “Europe” — while quietly using EU structures to advance German national interests.
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Austerity
Marshall Auerback: If the Euro Cracks—Blame Germany, Not the Italians
The drive for German industrial hegemony is in its overreach stage and risks blowing up the currency union. Read here
Economics
Larry Elliot: Corbyn’s Build it in Britain plan isn’t radical – it’s what other countries do
‘Value for money’ for public contracts is a colossal failure. Labour’s leader is right: the state should support manufacturing Read here
EU politics
Thomas Piketty: Suppression of the wealth tax: an historical error
The suppression of the wealth tax (Impôt sur la Fortune or ISF) by Emmanuel Macron constitutes a serious moral, economic and historical mistake. This decision reveals a profound misunderstanding of the challenges to inequality posed by […]
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