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)
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)
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.