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- No end to the controversy - 23/01/2013Brendan Donnelly, Director of the Federal Trust and a former Member of the European Parliament, has commented as follows on Mr Cameron’s speech on Britain’s position in the European Union:...
- Prospects for a referendum on Europe - 15/01/2013Report on discussion at the Federal Union committee The prime minister will give his long-awaited speech on his new Europe policy this coming Friday. In it, he will announce a...
- Federal Union review of 2012 - 05/01/2013The most important outcome of the past 12 months is that the eurozone survived. The world was poised on the edge of a financial precipice at the beginning of last...
Latest Blog Entries
- Trade war over gambling - 30/01/2013International trade disputes often shine a light on odd behaviour, and the dispute between the United States and the tiny Caribbean island country Antigua and Barbuda is no exception. Originally...
- The wrong conclusion on welfare reform - 24/01/2013In his speech on Europe yesterday, David Cameron observed that Europe, with seven per cent of the world’s population and 25 per cent of world GDP, accounts for 50 per...
- The Speech - 23/01/2013So we have finally heard The Speech. David Cameron spoke this morning to outline what Conservative party policy on Europe would be after the next election. (Read the speech here.)...
economic policy Archive
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Can the union be saved? Report on the Federal Union AGM
Posted on 19/03/2012 | 1 CommentFederal Union held its AGM and annual conference on 17 March 2012. The morning session, entitled “Can the European Union be saved?”, looked at the European treaty agreed at the summit earlier this month, and asked whether it embodied the right model for the future... -
The global super-rich: a problem or an asset? (27 March 2012)
Posted on 19/03/2012 | No CommentsThe global super-rich: a problem or an asset? – wealth, taxes, and inequality in the age of austerity A seminar organised by the Global Policy Institute Date: Tuesday 27 March 2012 at 5.30 for 6.00pm Location: London Metropolitan University, Main Lecture Theatre (JSM-34), 31 Jewry... -
Austerity or stimulus: which is right for Europe? (23 February 2012)
Posted on 07/02/2012 | No Comments23 February 2012, 5 – 7 pm Mary Sumner House. 24 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3RB Throughout 2012, the Global Policy Institute will be organising a series of events, in collaboration with the Federal Trust and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, that will examine various aspects... -
Three threats to the euro still remain
Posted on 15/12/2011 | 1 CommentThe European Council meeting a week ago was convened with the aim of saving the euro. Agreement was reached at the meeting about a way forward for the EU, even if the UK (and perhaps some others) will not travel with the rest. But despite... -
Is Germany doing enough to save the euro?
Posted on 13/12/2011 | 3 CommentsDebate at King’s College London, on 12 December 2011, on the subject of “Germany has not taken enough proactive steps to solve the eurozone crisis, despite being at the top table of European politics and its economic standing.” Richard Laming was asked to speak against... -
What patterns of share ownership tell us
Posted on 06/12/2011 | 1 CommentAn interesting statistic reported by Professor Prem Sikka in the Guardian today, regarding the ownership of British companies. The proportion of the shares in UK-listed companies owned by foreign investors has increased from 6.6 per cent in 1969 to 41.5 per cent in 2008. The... -
Can Europe avoid economic decline?
Posted on 30/11/2011 | No CommentsThe public sector strikers outside English schools, hospitals and government offices today are protesting not against government pension policies but against something much bigger. There are profound economic problems that need to be dealt with, and would need to be dealt with even if there... -
What went wrong with the euro?
Posted on 16/11/2011 | 1 CommentPeter Oborne’s campaign against the pro-Europeans took another step yesterday with his online debate with David Aaronovitch. The latter was one of the targets in his recent book “The guilty men”, and the Centre for Policy Studies hosted an exchange of views between them on... -
Fixing the debt crisis, the Chicago way
Posted on 27/09/2011 | No CommentsIt has been alarming to watch the leadership of the eurozone limp through the debt crisis affecting some of the member states, apparently as though they have no idea of the scale of what they are facing. The piling-up of debt by countries far in... -
Debt is a two-edged sword
Posted on 05/09/2011 | 1 CommentA paper presented last week at a conference of the world’s central bankers looked at the levels of debt in different countries and its impact on economic growth. Debt, or to give it its other name, credit, is the lubricant of the economy. Borrowing enables...
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