The wisdom of crowds
One of the intellectual fashions of the moment is crowd-sourcing, that is the idea that good ideas and useful information can come from the population as a whole rather than […]
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The regulation of sovereign debt
Economic commentator Anatole Kaletsky wrote an interesting article comparing sovereign debt with banking debt (read it here), but I am not sure that he is reconciled to the consequences. Anatole
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Peace and security are still not the same thing
Given that the Hamas government in Gaza considers itself to be at war with Israel, it is hardly surprising that Israel seeks to enforce an arms embargo against Gaza. All
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More integration or less?
Opponents of the EU are starting to crow. And it is not hard to see why. Maybe the different member states of the European Union will not be able to
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Are we asking too much of our politicians?
The recent events involving the Greek economy are enough to make even a harden Europhile like me think again about the arguments behind the euro. The financial difficulties that beset
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The programme for government
The new Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition (sorry, as it says on the front of the booklet, Coalition) government has finally published its programme, 9 days after reaching the first initial agreement.
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“There is going to be trouble”
Political participants and commentators from all parts of the political spectrum have been left astounded by the events of the past week. Who can really understand the implications of the
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How to both support and oppose the euro at the same time
One of the things that did for the Liberal Democrats in the general election campaign was their inability to explain their position on the euro. They were widely and generally
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Britain should invite in election monitors
The spread of democratic elections around the world after the end of the cold war was accompanied by the spread of election monitoring. The practice of allowing the quantity of
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Why isn’t Britain in more trouble?
An interesting piece by Paul Krugman here compares the economic situations of Britain and Greece. The fact that Greece is in the euro and Britain is not makes the British
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