Who can join the euro?
Some interesting discussions at the weekend at a meeting of the UEF, Federal Union’s European parent body. Participants from all over Europe were gathering to talk about some of the […]
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Competitive devaluation
Simon Heffer writes mournfully in the Daily Telegraph today of the prospects of the eurozone economy as the financial and economic crisis continues. As always, with Simon Heffer, his mournfulness
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Gordon Brown gets something right
Amid the daily assaults on him in parliament and in the media, Gordon Brown can at least take comfort in some praise today on this blog. He is reported on
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Ceteris paribus
The title is a Latin phrase used in economics which means “all other things being equal”. The prediction of what difference any specific alteration to economic policy will make is
Sovereign debt
The latest news about the British public finances takes me back to one of the questions asked in the Federal Union membership leaflet: “Why are the world’s poorest countries saddled
The difference that federalism makes to Europe
The European Union may not be the only factor that has brought peace to Europe, but it is certainly a major one. A set of international institutions founded on the
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Can Britain join the euro?
The immediate answer is not right now. Joining the euro requires fixing an exchange rate between the pound and the euro forever, and with sterling falling every day, no-one can
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How to get out of the credit crunch
An enquiry responding to the previous blog post on the credit crunch here asks, if the case for international action is proved, what that international action should be. And would
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Federal Union review of 2007
The overwhelming sentiment from the year just gone must be one of relief. Relief that the EU finally agreed the Lisbon Treaty and got its institutional progress back on track.
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Nothing matters until it’s personal
At a meeting today, a fine story was told that illustrates the problem of Europe very well. The actor Timothy Spall was asked about his acting style, and answered that
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