POLICY PAPERS & OP-EDS

1.      Pourquoi le pacte fiscal de la zone euro est voué à l'échec (PS: section de Londres 10/12)

2.      Monsieur Hollande’s crisis (Social Europe 10/12)

3.      Labour’s anti-EU vote (EU Observer 10/12)

4.      Why investment must be socialised (Social Europe 09/12)

5.      The French budget: ni juste, ni efficace (The Real News Network 09/12)

6.      Awaiting the crash (Social Europe 08/12)

7.      One again, the European Central Bank fails to act (The Guardian CiF 08/12)

8.      Time to nationalise the big banks (Social Europe 07/12)

9.      The left shouldn’t celebrate [yet] if Osborne is dropped.. (Left Foot Forward 07/12)

10.  Whither German moderate opinion? (Social Europe 07/12)

11.  Kicking the can once again (Social Europe 07/12)

12.  End this Eurozone crisis now! (Social Europe 06/12)

13.  The tragedy of Greece (Edwards & Irvin) (Social Europe 06/12)

14.  A banking union---Europe’s TARP? (Social Europe 06/12)

15.  Will UK Labour listen to Krugman? (Social Europe 06/12)

16.  ‘Grexit’ has already happened (Social Europe 05/12)

17.   Why the Fiscal Compact is bound to fail (The Guardian CiF 05/12)

18.  PPT for ‘Winning Labour’ conference, (Doncaster 05/12)

19.  Crosstalk debate: Uli Brueckner, George Irvin and Marshall Auerback (RT 05/12)

20.  Grexit -- a ship of fools (Social Europe 05/12)

21.  Hollande-Merkel: don’t expect a new dawn just yet (Social Europe & Guardian CiF  05/12)

22.  Can François Hollande avoid the Euro train wreck? (Social Europe 04/12)

23.  The Falklands/Malvinas War: A British Defeat (Social Europe 04/12)

24.  Britain and France differ over tax justice (Social Europe and Richard Murphy’s Tax blog 03/12)

25.  When privatisation doesn’t work (Guardian CiF 03/12)

26.  Budget 2012: It may do nothing for growth but the fat cats will purr more loudly (Left Foot Forward 03/12) 

27.  Greece’s Armageddon (Left Foot Forward 02/12)

28.  Greece: there will be blood (Social Europe Journal 02/12)

29.  The riddle of German neo-liberalism (Social Europe Journal 02/12)

30.  Syria: there is no simple solution (Left Foot Forward 02/12)

31.  Can Europe change? (Social Europe 02/12)

32.  The Greek debacle (EU Observer 02/12)

33.  Goodbye Greece (Social Europe 01/12)

34.  Have social democrats surrendered? (Social Europe 01/12)

35.  Labour’s ‘oxymoron lite’ (Compass 01/12)

36.  What Labour needs to say about debt (Left Foot Forward 01/12)

37.  Europe’s debt trap (EU Observer 01/12)

38.  The Debt-Brake disaster (Social Europe, 12/11)

39.  London protests and European meltdown (Social Europe, 12/11)

40.  Entrevista com Joana Gorjão Henriques (Publico, 12/11)

41.  Osborne proved the doom-mongers wrong---the economy is even worse than we expected (Left Foot Forward 11/11)

42.  Politics and the EU financial crisis (EU Observer 11/11)

43.  What happens when Greece defaults? (Left Foot Forward 11/11)

44.  Why Ms Merkel will blink (Social Europe, 11/11)

45.  How the bond markets shackled European democracy (Left Foot Forward 11/11/)

46.  Time for a Eurozone Plan B (Social Europe 11/11)

47.  Italy's crisis could be a blessing in disguise (Guardian CiF 11/11)

48.  Solving Euro Area trade imbalances (Social Europe 11/11)

49.  Plan B: the building blocks of a progressive UK (Social Europe 11/11)

50.  Why the latest euro deal won't work (Left Foot Forward 10/11)

51.  More half-measures for the euro (Social Europe 10/11)

52.  Eurozone break-up will be a disaster for jobs, growth and the environment (Left Foot Forward, 10/11)

53.  The same mistake again (Social Europe 10/11)

54.  Why we need nationalised banks (Social Europe 10/11)

55.  Europe's ostriches (Social Europe 10/11)

56.  Will Quantitative Easing work this time? (left Foot Forward 10/11)

57.  Europe's new credit crunch (EU Observer 10/11)

58.  A brighter future for the British economy [with M Burke, J Weeks] (False Economy, 09/11)

59.  Cuts will not end the crisis [with M Burke, J Weeks] (Guardian CiF, 09/11)

60.  An absurd Merkel-Sarkozy summit (EU Observer, 08/11)

61.  Riots and budgetary austerity (Social Europe 08/11)

62.  Where is progressive political leadership? (Social Europe 08/11)

63.  The current crisis (Left Foot Forward, 08/11)

64.  Fundamental flaws in the European project [with A Izurieta] (EPW, 08/11)

65.  Can the UK escape five years of depression? [with J Weeks & M Burke] (Social Europe 08/11)

66.  Euro: short term gain and long term pain (EU Observer 07/11)

67.  Can Europe's leaders end the eurozone nightmare? (Left Foot Forward 07/11)

68.  A eurozone bond could be the answer to Europe's debt crisis (Guardian CiF, 07/11)

69.  Solo gli Eurobond possono salvare l’Europa (EU Progress 07/11)

70.  Only a new Euro-bond can save Europe (Social Europe 07/11)

71.  The Amato/Verhofstadt proposal (Social Europe 07/11)

72.  Europe fiddles while Greece burns (EU Observer 07/11)

73.  Greece: the game is nearly up (Left Foot Forward 07/11)

74.  Greece must restructure its debt or face a messy default (CNN.com 06/11)

75.  Clegg's silly share giveaway (Left Foot Forward 06/11)

76.  Greece's unnecessary crisis (Social Europe 06/11)

77.  Has Greece already defaulted? (Social Europe 06/11)

78.  An endgame for the Eurozone (EU Observer 06/11)

79.  Should Greece repudiate its debt? (Social Europe 06/11)

80.  Government deficits and national accounting identities (Social Europe 06/11)

81.  The Eurozone is already a transfer union (EU Observer 06/11)

82.  Britain needs a genuine public investment bank (Social Europe 06/11)

83.  Banche: superare il neoliberismo (EU Progress, 05/11)

84.  Osborne's woes (Social Europe 04/11)

85.  A layman's guide to the Lefts' economic debate (Social Europe, 04/11)

86.  Portugal bailout: three scenarios for Europe's economic future (The Guardian CiF, 04/11)

87.  The big bailout scam (EU Observer, 04/11)

88.  Tracing the hidden treasure (Social Europe, 04/11)

89.  Can peace be brokered in Libya? (Left Foot Forward, 03/11)

90.  Libya: peace through war? (EU Observer, 03/11)

91.  An OECD whitewash for Osborne (Left Foot Forward, 03/11)

92.  Is Japan facing economic meltdown? (Left Foot Forward, 03/11)

93.  Structural deficit denial (Socialist Econ Bulletin 03/11)

94.  A food price feeding frenzy? (Social Europe 03/11)

95.  Britain: Targeting stagflation (EU Observer 03/11)

96.  Why worry about the European economy? (Social Europe 02/11)

97.  Inequality and recession in Britain and the USA (D&C 02/11)

98.  Tory right, obsessed with cuts, still deaf to the lessons of the thirties (Left Foot Forward, 02/11)

99.  All change in Egypt (Social Europe, 02/11)

100. Another banking crisis for Europe? (EU Observer 01/11)

101. Awkward questions for George Osborne (Social Europe, 01/11)

102. VAT and voodoo economics (EU Observer 01/11)

103. Happy New Year for the euro? (Social Europe 01/11)

104. Interview in Epikaira (12/10)

105. Germany at the heart of Europe's crisis (Social Europe 12/10)

106. Could the euro disappear? (EU Observer 12/10)

107. Ireland and the EU in denial (Social Europe 11/10)

108. Interview in Eleftherotypia (11/10)

109. TV Interview with Rattansi & Ridley (11/10)

110. Political economy and policy issues [video] (Social Europe 11/10)

111. Expansionary Fiscal Contraction and the emperor's clothes (Left Foot Forward 11/10)

112. More socialism for the rich? (Social Europe 11/10)

113. The myths swallowed by George Osborne (Guardian CiF, 11/10)

114. The Goebbels Factor (Social Europe 10/10)

115. A tipping point in British politics? (Compass 10/10)

116. Even bankers want nationalised banks (Social Europe, 10/10)

117. Once again, why Britain's cuts won't work (Social Europe 10/10)

118. What if the USA were (economically) like the Eurozone? (Social Europe Journal 10/10)

119. Can van Rompuy Save the EU Convoy? (Social Europe Journal 10/10)

120. Why club-Med cuts won't work (EU Observer 10/10)

121. The £100bn gamble: on growth without the state (Compass 09/10)

122. When is public debt unsustainable? (Social Europe Journal 08/10)

123. Rebuilding social democracy (Soundings 45, 08/10)

124. Has Angela Merkel outlived her usefulness? (Social Europe Journal, 08/10)

125. Call off the intergenerational wars (The Guardian Cif. 08/10)

126.  The Spirit level's political wobble: the inequality debate rages on (Social Europe Journal., 08/10)

127.  Running a permanent fiscal deficit? (Social Europe Journal, 08/10)

128.  The basics of budget balance (EU Observer, 08/10)

129.  Method in our budget madness? (Social Europe Journal, 07/10)

130.  The Eurozone and the USA (EU Observer, 07/10)

131.  The logic of Merkelomics (EU Observer 07/10)

132.  Competitiveness through cuts? (Social Europe 07/10)

133.  Can wage cuts boost Greek productivity? (Eleftherotypia, 07/10)

134.  Clegg's lack of basic economics (Compass 07/10)

135.  Nick Clegg's economic illiteracy (Social Europe 06/10)

136.  Osborne's cuts make no sense (London Evening Standard 06/10)

137.  The pain has just begun (Compass 06/10)

138.  The end of Social Europe? (Social Europe 06/10)

139. Deficit hysteria will kill Europe (EU Observer, 05/10)

140.  Cuts: the underlying problem (Compass, 05/10)

141.  The perfect storm (Social Europe, 05/10)

142.  The eye of the euro-storm (Social Europe, 05/10)

143.  Despite the defeat, we still need PR (Compass, 05/10)

144.  UK: The strange death of the rainbow coalition (Social Europe 05/10)

145.  The real question is how best to win the referendum on PR (Compass, 05/10)

146.  Should Greece simply default? (EU Observer, 05/10)

147.  Greece still has a choice (The Guardian, 05/10)

148.  Why sound money is unsound (EU Observer. 04/10)

149.  German roots of Greek crisis remain (The Guardian, 04/10)

150.  Interview in Greek Press (Eleftherotypia, 04/10)

151.  Shielding a Keynesian recovery (The Guardian, 04/10)

152.  Germany must help, not punish Greece (The Guardian 03/10)

153.  Merkel's madness (EU Observer 03/10)

154. Understanding the Eurozone's structural imbalances (EU Observer 03/10)

155.  Recalling Marx on Exploitation (Compass 03/10)

156.  The wisdom of recycling trade surpluses (The Guardian 03/10)

157. What is Osborne's economic identity? (Compass 03/10)

158.  Don't blame the baby-boomers (EU Observer 03/10)

159.  Keynes and Christmas Turkeys (Compass 03/10)

160. Greece: socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor (EU Observer 03/10)

161.  Rebuilding social democracy in 21st century Britain (Soundings 02/10)

162.  The EU must act on a Tobin tax (EU Observer 02/10)

163.  Keynes can help the eurozone (The Guardian 02/10)

164. How serious is the euro-debt crisis? (EU Observer 02/10)

165.  PBR: view from the Experts (Compass 12/09)

166.  Now's the time for a Tobin Tax (The Guardian 12/09)

167.  The real crisis we're in (Compass 12/09)

168.  In place of Cuts (Compass 11/09)

169.  The Great Recession & Eurozone Governance (Clingendael 10/09)

170.  Why Obama's health care plan matters to Europe (EU Observer 10/09)

171.  The EU, the US and the Great Recession (EU Observer 08/09)

172.  Global recession: spending cuts are not the answer (SOAS 08/09)

173.  Death by a Thousand Cuts (EU Observer 07/09)

174.  From Profit Squeeze to Wage Squeeze (Renewal 05/09)

175.  Plugging the £39bn budget hole (letter to The Guardian 04/09)

176.  Reykjavik-on-Thames? (Compass 02/09)

177.  Should Britain now join the euro? (Compass 12/08)

178.  The government must act far more decisively (Compass 12/08)

179.  Why the public share of GDP must expand (Compass 11/08)

180.  Can we spend our way out of recession? (Compass 11/08)

181.  The PBR is uninspiring (Compass 11/08)

182.  Understanding 'leveraging' and the financial meltdown  (Compass 10/08)

183.  ECB's multimillion lending missing the mark (EU Observer10/08)

184.  The Financial Crisis; where next? (EU Observer 09/08)

185. The ECB must act now to prevent deflation (EU Observer 09/08)

186.  Could the credit crunch destroy the Eurozone? (EU Observer 07/08)

187. Democratic deficit or simply boredom? (EU Observer 07/08)

188.  Who's to blame for rising petrol prices? (EU Observer 07/08)

189.  Development Viewpoint (SOAS) (07/08)

190.  Obama will tax the Super Rich more than Brown (06/08)

191.  Are we returning to 1970s Stagflation? (EU Observer 06/08)

192.  A Robin Hood lesson for New Labour (Compass 06/08)

193.  Could a Financial Crisis Engulf Europe? (EU Observer 09/07)

194.  Happiness and Pareto (ICER 07/07)

195. Inequality and the Anglo-American Economic Model (07/07)

196.  Growing Inequality in the neo-liberal Heartland (PAER 03/07)

197.  Global Rebalancing: US protection versus Europe-led reflation (11/06)

198. Swords into Green Ploughshares (EU Observer 11/06)

199.  EU growth can offset the US debt crisis (EU Observer 09/06)

200.  Yo-yo Blair (EU Observer 08/06)

201.  Frankfurt follies (EU Observer 06/06)

202.  French youth unemployment in perspective (EU Observer 06/06)

203. Europe v USA: Whose Economy Wins? (06/06)

204.  Procreation or perdition (05/06)

205.  The Centralising Curse of UK Treasury Rules (05/06)

206.  Can Europe still afford the welfare state? (04/06)

207. US-EU: The End of The Affair (11/04)

208.  The US Deficit, the EU surplus and the World Economy (04/06)

209.  A referendum on the Brussels consensus? (EU Observer 06/05)

210.  Implosion of the Brussels Economic Consensus (ICER 06/05)

211.  Britpop: Tony and the Neo-cons (07/04)

212.  Eurozone Economics, Enlargement and the Maastricht Rules (07/04)

213.  Euro-2004 Blues Time (EU Observer 06/04)

214.  Radical Measure (Prague Post 05/04)

215.  The Awkward Economics of EU Enlargement (EU Observer 05/04)

216.  Should the EU budget be capped at 1%? (EU Observer 04/04)

217.  Europe's Absurd Budget Battle (EU Observer 01/04)

218.  Korea, East Asia and the European Union (12/ 03)

219.  The Unsound Doctrine of Sound Money (EU Observer 11/03)

220.  The Meaning of Blocher (EU Observer 10/03)

221.  Balanced budgets: David v Goliath? (EU Observer 10/03)

222.  Let's have a real euro debate (Federal Union 09/03)

223.  Voodoo economics and the Euro debate (07/03)

224.  EcoFin Ministers must face deflationary danger (07/03)

225.  Euro-sceptic spin: politics v economics (07/03) 

226.  Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory: Britain and the Euro (07/03)

227.  Is the Eurozone headed for economic deflation? (EU Observer 07/03)



* UHD Professor of Economics, ISS, The Hague (retired); Professorial Fellow, University of London, SOAS until late 2012.