Category Archives: Europe

Why Does the Euro Area Have Such Low Growth and High Unemployment?

Why has the Euro area not delivered on its economic promise?

More Signs Brexit Negotiations Coming Apart

More less than encouraging news on the Brexit front.

European Worries About Isolationist Trends

European leaders ponder how to defend internationalism. They realize that the response to the crisis created innocent losers. But what now?

The Real Economic Consequences of Martin Luther

How an article by Cantoni, Dittmar, and Noam Yuchtman force fits the Reformation’s economic changes into a neoclassical frame.

Don Quijones: Spain Just Lit a Fuse Under Catalonia — its Richest Region

Spain escalates Catalania crisis, by jailing political leaders and issuing arrest warrant for Catalan president Carles Puigdemont.

The Economic Consequences of Martin Luther: The Protestant Reformation and the Allocation of Resources in Europe

How the Protestant Reformation transformed not only Western Europe’s religious landscape, but also its politics and economy.

40.3 Million Slaves: Challenging the Hypocrisy of Modern Slavery Statistics

Reports on slavery whitewash how European countries foster inequality and exploitation, as well as try to impose their values.

Catalonia Secession Becomes Damp Squib as Catalans Accept Direct Rule

The Catalonia secession fantasy dies a quick death.

EU Borders: Walking Backwards from Northern Ireland to Cyprus

The UK still has no realistic answer to the problem that the Northern Ireland border poses to Brexit.

UK Leaders Starting to Crack as Brexit Realities Finally Sink In

Brexit bravaura is scarce in evidence in Whitehall.

Rajoy Goes Nuclear on Catalonia’s Separatists, Seeks Suspension of Autonomy, National Takeover of Local Police and Public Broadcasting; Political and Economic Risk High

Spain’s prime minister Rajoy has set in motion a takeover of the government in Catalonia. What might happen next?

May Rebuffed in Personal Brexit Lobbying in Brussels, Yet Much of UK Press Spins Otherwise

The latest Brexit follies….

May to Plead With Merkel as Brexit Deadlocks Domestically Too; New Data Shows UK Lacks Foreign Reserves, Meaning Even More Vulnerable to Brexit

New data showing that the UK has negative net foreign assets throws even more cold water on the idea of a Glorious Brexit.