The crisis that hit members of the Eurozone a decade ago has often been attributed to design flaws in Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union. Drawing on a new study co-authored with Jamie Jordan we argue that this focus neglects the deeper issues that lie at the heart of European economies. [...]
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There is general agreement that the Eurozone crisis has had a devastating impact on countries in Europe’s periphery, especially in the south. This is expressed in record levels of unemployment, social inequality and widespread social deprivation. However, there is little agreement amongst [...]
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As the authors Magnus Ryner and Alan Cafruny state in The European Union and Global Capitalism, ‘this book offers the first synthetic introduction to perspectives on the EU from a critical political economy [CPE] viewpoint’ (p. 3). It does so brilliantly. It uses the multiple crises facing [...]
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The Making of the Modern “Debt State”: What We Know (and Don’t Know) About Ownership of the Public Debt
In a previous contribution to SPERI Comment, I presented some of my research on the domestic ownership structure of the US federal debt. The findings showed that since the [...]
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Motto: The EU will be democratised. Or it will disintegrate
Mission: TO DEMOCRATISE EUROPE!
A manifesto for democratising Europe
For all their concerns with global competitiveness, migration and terrorism, only one [...]
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