POLICY PAPERS
& OP-EDS
1. Greece’s Armageddon (Left Foot Forward 02/12)
2. Greece: there will be blood (Social Europe Journal 02/12)
3. The riddle of German neo-liberalism (Social Europe Journal 02/12)
4. Syria: there is no simple solution (Left Foot Forward 02/12)
5. Can Europe change? (Social Europe 02/12)
6. The Greek debacle (EU Observer 02/12)
7. Goodbye Greece (Social Europe 01/12)
8. Have social democrats surrendered? (Social Europe 01/12)
9. Labour’s ‘oxymoron lite’ (Compass 01/12)
10. What Labour needs to say about debt (Left Foot Forward 01/12)
11. Europe’s
debt trap (EU Observer 01/12)
12. The Debt-Brake disaster (Social Europe, 12/11)
13. London protests and European meltdown (Social Europe, 12/11)
14. Entrevista com
Joana Gorjão Henriques (Publico, 12/11)
16. Politics and the EU financial crisis (EU Observer 11/11)
17. What happens when Greece defaults? (Left Foot Forward 11/11)
18. Why Ms Merkel will blink (Social Europe, 11/11)
19. How the bond markets shackled European democracy (Left Foot Forward 11/11/)
20. Time for a Eurozone Plan B (Social Europe 11/11)
21. Italy's crisis could be a blessing in disguise (Guardian CiF 11/11)
22. Solving Euro Area trade imbalances (Social Europe 11/11)
23. Plan B: the building blocks of a progressive UK (Social Europe 11/11)
24. Why the latest euro deal won't work (Left Foot Forward 10/11)
25. More half-measures for the euro (Social Europe 10/11)
26. Eurozone break-up will be a disaster for jobs, growth and the environment (Left Foot Forward, 10/11)
27. The same mistake again (Social Europe 10/11)
28. Why we need nationalised banks (Social Europe 10/11)
29. Europe's ostriches (Social Europe 10/11)
30. Will Quantitative Easing work this time? (left Foot Forward 10/11)
31. Europe's new credit crunch (EU Observer 10/11)
32. A brighter future for the British economy [with M Burke, J Weeks] (False Economy, 09/11)
33. Cuts will not end the crisis [with M Burke, J Weeks] (Guardian CiF, 09/11)
34. An absurd Merkel-Sarkozy summit (EU Observer, 08/11)
35. Riots and budgetary austerity (Social Europe 08/11)
36. Where is progressive political leadership? (Social Europe 08/11)
37. The current crisis (Left Foot Forward, 08/11)
38. Fundamental flaws in the European project [with A Izurieta] (EPW, 08/11)
39. Can the UK escape five years of depression? [with J Weeks & M Burke] (Social Europe 08/11)
40. Euro: short term gain and long term pain (EU Observer 07/11)
41. Can Europe's leaders end the eurozone nightmare? (Left Foot Forward 07/11)
42. A eurozone bond could be the answer to Europe's debt crisis (Guardian CiF, 07/11)
44. Only a new Euro-bond can save Europe (Social Europe 07/11)
45. The Amato/Verhofstadt proposal (Social Europe 07/11)
46. Europe fiddles while Greece burns (EU Observer 07/11)
47. Greece: the game is nearly up (Left Foot Forward 07/11)
48. Greece must restructure its debt or face a messy default (CNN.com 06/11)
49. Clegg's silly share giveaway (Left Foot Forward 06/11)
50. Greece's unnecessary crisis (Social Europe 06/11)
51. Has Greece already defaulted? (Social Europe 06/11)
52. An endgame for the Eurozone (EU Observer 06/11)
53. Should Greece repudiate its debt? (Social Europe 06/11)
54. Government deficits and national accounting identities (Social Europe 06/11)
55. The Eurozone is already a transfer union (EU Observer 06/11)
56. Britain needs a genuine public investment bank (Social Europe 06/11)
57. Banche: superare il neoliberismo (EU
Progress, 05/11)
58. Osborne's woes (Social Europe 04/11)
59. A layman's guide to the Lefts' economic debate (Social Europe, 04/11)
60. Portugal bailout: three scenarios for Europe's economic future (The Guardian CiF, 04/11)
61. The big bailout scam (EU Observer, 04/11)
62. Tracing the hidden treasure (Social Europe, 04/11)
63. Can peace be brokered in Libya? (Left Foot Forward, 03/11)
64. Libya: peace through war? (EU Observer, 03/11)
65. An OECD whitewash for Osborne (Left Foot Forward, 03/11)
66. Is Japan facing economic meltdown? (Left Foot Forward, 03/11)
67. Structural deficit denial (Socialist Econ Bulletin 03/11)
68. A food price feeding frenzy? (Social Europe 03/11)
69. Britain: Targeting stagflation (EU Observer 03/11)
70. Why worry about the European economy? (Social Europe 02/11)
71. Inequality and recession in Britain and the USA (D&C 02/11)
72. Tory right, obsessed with cuts, still deaf to the lessons of the thirties (Left Foot Forward, 02/11)
73. All change in Egypt (Social Europe, 02/11)
74. Another banking crisis for Europe? (EU Observer 01/11)
75. Awkward questions for George Osborne (Social Europe, 01/11)
76. VAT and voodoo economics (EU Observer 01/11)
77. Happy New Year for the euro? (Social Europe 01/11)
78. Interview in Epikaira (12/10)
79. Germany at the heart of Europe's crisis (Social Europe 12/10)
80. Could the euro disappear? (EU Observer 12/10)
81. Ireland and the EU in denial (Social Europe 11/10)
82. Interview in Eleftherotypia (11/10)
83. TV Interview with Rattansi & Ridley (11/10)
84. Political economy and policy issues [video] (Social Europe 11/10)
85. Expansionary Fiscal Contraction and the emperor's clothes (Left Foot Forward 11/10)
86. More socialism for the rich? (Social Europe 11/10)
87. The myths swallowed by George Osborne (Guardian CiF, 11/10)
88. The Goebbels Factor (Social Europe 10/10)
89. A tipping point in British politics? (Compass 10/10)
90. Even bankers want nationalised banks (Social Europe, 10/10)
91. Once again, why Britain's cuts won't work (Social Europe 10/10)
92. What if the USA were (economically) like the Eurozone? (Social Europe Journal 10/10)
93. Can van Rompuy Save the EU Convoy? (Social Europe Journal 10/10)
94. Why club-Med cuts won't work (EU Observer 10/10)
95. The £100bn gamble: on growth without the state (Compass 09/10)
96. When is public debt unsustainable? (Social Europe Journal 08/10)
97. Rebuilding social democracy (Soundings 45, 08/10)
98. Has Angela Merkel outlived her usefulness? (Social Europe Journal, 08/10)
99. Call off the intergenerational wars (The Guardian Cif. 08/10)
100. The Spirit level's political wobble: the inequality debate rages on (Social Europe Journal., 08/10)
101. Running a permanent fiscal deficit? (Social Europe Journal, 08/10)
102. The basics of budget balance (EU Observer, 08/10)
103. Method in our budget madness? (Social Europe Journal, 07/10)
104. The Eurozone and the USA (EU Observer, 07/10)
105. The logic of Merkelomics (EU Observer 07/10)
106. Competitiveness through cuts? (Social Europe 07/10)
107. Can wage cuts boost Greek productivity? (Eleftherotypia, 07/10)
108. Clegg's lack of basic economics (Compass 07/10)
109. Nick Clegg's economic illiteracy (Social Europe 06/10)
110. Osborne's cuts make no sense (London Evening Standard 06/10)
111. The pain has just begun (Compass 06/10)
112. The end of Social Europe? (Social Europe 06/10)
113. Deficit hysteria will kill Europe (EU Observer, 05/10)
114. Cuts: the underlying problem (Compass, 05/10)
115. The perfect storm (Social Europe, 05/10)
116. The eye of the euro-storm (Social Europe, 05/10)
117. Despite the defeat, we still need PR (Compass, 05/10)
118. UK: The strange death of the rainbow coalition (Social Europe 05/10)
119. The real question is how best to win the referendum on PR (Compass, 05/10)
120. Should Greece simply default? (EU Observer, 05/10)
121. Greece still has a choice (The Guardian, 05/10)
122. Why sound money is unsound (EU Observer. 04/10)
123. German roots of Greek crisis remain (The Guardian, 04/10)
124. Interview in Greek Press (Eleftherotypia, 04/10)
125. Shielding a Keynesian recovery (The Guardian, 04/10)
126. Germany must help, not punish Greece (The Guardian 03/10)
127. Merkel's madness (EU Observer 03/10)
128. Understanding the Eurozone's structural imbalances (EU Observer 03/10)
129. Recalling Marx on Exploitation (Compass 03/10)
130. The wisdom of recycling trade surpluses (The Guardian 03/10)
131. What is Osborne's economic identity? (Compass 03/10)
132. Don't blame the baby-boomers (EU Observer 03/10)
133. Keynes and Christmas Turkeys (Compass 03/10)
134. Greece: socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor (EU Observer 03/10)
135. Rebuilding social democracy in 21st century Britain (Soundings 02/10)
136. The EU must act on a Tobin tax (EU Observer 02/10)
137. Keynes can help the eurozone (The Guardian 02/10)
138. How serious is the euro-debt crisis? (EU Observer 02/10)
139. PBR: view from the Experts (Compass 12/09)
140. Now's the time for a Tobin Tax (The Guardian 12/09)
141. The real crisis we're in (Compass 12/09)
142. In place of Cuts (Compass 11/09)
143. The Great Recession & Eurozone Governance (Clingendael 10/09)
144. Why Obama's health care plan matters to Europe (EU Observer 10/09)
145. The EU, the US and the Great Recession (EU Observer 08/09)
146. Global recession: spending cuts are not the answer (SOAS 08/09)
147. Death by a Thousand Cuts (EU Observer 07/09)
148. From Profit Squeeze to Wage Squeeze (Renewal 05/09)
149. Plugging the £39bn budget hole (letter to The Guardian 04/09)
150. Reykjavik-on-Thames? (Compass 02/09)
151. Should Britain now join the euro? (Compass 12/08)
152. The government must act far more decisively (Compass 12/08)
153. Why the public share of GDP must expand (Compass 11/08)
154. Can we spend our way out of recession? (Compass 11/08)
155. The PBR is uninspiring (Compass 11/08)
156. Understanding 'leveraging' and the financial meltdown (Compass 10/08)
157. ECB's multimillion lending missing the mark (EU Observer10/08)
158. The Financial Crisis; where next? (EU Observer 09/08)
159. The ECB must act now to prevent deflation (EU Observer 09/08)
160. Could the credit crunch destroy the Eurozone? (EU Observer 07/08)
161. Democratic deficit or simply boredom? (EU Observer 07/08)
162. Who's to blame for rising petrol prices? (EU Observer 07/08)
163. Development Viewpoint (SOAS) (07/08)
164. Obama will tax the Super Rich more than Brown (06/08)
165. Are we returning to 1970s Stagflation? (EU Observer 06/08)
166. A Robin Hood lesson for New Labour (06/08)
167. Could a Financial Crisis Engulf Europe? (EU Observer 09/07)
168. Happiness and Pareto (ICER 07/07)
169. Inequality and the Anglo-American Economic Model (07/07)
170. Growing Inequality in the neo-liberal Heartland (PAER 03/07)
171. Global Rebalancing: US protection versus Europe-led reflation (11/06)
172. Swords into Green Ploughshares (11/06)
173. EU growth can offset the US debt crisis (09/06)
174. Yo-yo Blair (08/06)
175. Frankfurt follies (06/06)
176. French youth unemployment in perspective (06/06)
177. Europe v USA: Whose Economy Wins? (06/06)
178. Procreation or perdition (05/06)
179. The Centralising Curse of UK Treasury Rules (05/06)
180. Can Europe still afford the welfare state? (04/06)
181. US-EU: The End of The Affair (11/04)
182. The US Deficit, the EU surplus and the World Economy (04/06)
183. Implosion of the Brussels Economic Consensus (06/05)
184. Britpop: Tony and the Neo-cons (07/04)
185. Eurozone Economics, Enlargement and the Maastricht Rules (07/04)
186. Euro-2004 Blues Time (EU Observer 06/04)
187. Radical Measure (Prague Post 05/04)
188. The Awkward Economics of EU Enlargement (EU Observer 05/04)
189. Should the EU budget be capped at 1%? (EU Observer 04/04)
190. Europe's Absurd Budget Battle (EU Observer 01/04)
191. Korea, East Asia and the European Union (12/ 03)
192. The Unsound Doctrine of Sound Money (EU Observer 11/03)
193. The Meaning of Blocher (EU Observer 10/03)
194. Balanced budgets: David v Goliath? (EU Observer 10/03)
195. Let's have a real euro debate (Federal Union 09/03)
196. Voodoo economics and the Euro debate (07/03)
197. EcoFin Ministers must face deflationary danger (07/03)
198. Euro-sceptic spin: politics v economics (07/03)
199. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory: Britain and the Euro (07/03)
200. 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 2008.