The Globalist

Is Italy’s crisis the new Greece? Is it just as bad? Or different? Could it take just as long to resolve it?

Denying the root causes for the increased frustration of the public with existing policies is not going to regain trust. “Populism” will continue to gain support.

The entire increase in the share of people running the risk of poverty since 2005 is due to the bigger share of immigrants in the German society.

Many European countries would like to grow jobs at the same rate as the U.S. A look behind the official U.S. statistics.

The U.S. current account deficit has widened to a degree that few had thought possible. Under Trump, it could become an explosive device for the world financial system.

Establishing a European Unemployment Reinsurance Fund carries the risk that it might be used to circumvent unpopular national-level decisions on structural reforms.

With Canada and Mexico in the bag, Europe and the Pacific are the next places for Trump to take his trade show.

Five Star leader Di Maio still has not learned that comments which may go down well during an election campaign can easily backfire for a senior politician in office.

In reality, German government debt levels have been going up during Merkel’s 12-year reign – and this despite a booming economy.

How the Merkel government is risking Germany’s future by underinvestment and other ill-applied policy approaches.