Category Archives: Europe

How Britain Unified Germany: Endogenous Trade costs and the Formation of a Customs Union

British policy led to the formation of Europe’s first customs union (the Zollverein) and prepared the political unification of Germany.

Plastic Watch: Water Bottle Alert!

Plastic water bottles foul European waters. Why? This is a problem that can and should be fixed. Less plastic in European rivers means less plastic in the world’s oceans.

Italy: How to Ruin a Country in Three Decades

How Italy became an economic mess.

Brexit: Torygeddon?

The Tories are starting to bear the cost of the Brexit fiasco.

Brexit: Mayhem

What will the EU dispose on Brexit?

Ukrainian Prosecutors: Why Doesn’t the U.S. Dept. of Justice Want Our Evidence on Democrats?

Ukrainian dirt on the Bidens is languishing! Why is that?

The Return of la Marine

Today, the divide from which Marine Le Pen profits has reached alarming proportions, most recently with the eruption of the revolt of the gilets jaunes.

Brexit: Disintegration

Brexit crunch week starts. And something will break, it’s just not clear precisely what.

Brexit: Shambles

More Brexit faffing about when that’s the last thing the UK can afford.

Brexit: Pandemonium

Is May’s latest Brexit gambit a roll of the dice or meant to be a road to nowhere?

Brexit Brief

Another day of Brexit confusion.

The Brexit Bar

Another important day for Brexit, when there is way too much to be decided with the stakes so high

Brexit: Mayday

More Brexit stumlbing about as the EU sounds alarms.

Brexit: Chaos Continues as Parliament Votes Down All Brexit Options, Press Focuses on May Rather than April

The Brexit noise to signal ratio continues to be very high.