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Who’s afraid of China?
Berlin (Brussels Morning) Sinophobia is a widespread political disease. Beyond China, industrialised countries are also pursuing an unjustifiably confrontational course towards other developing countries. Reading the press in industrialised countries…
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The Fallacies of Anti-immigration IdeologiesÂ
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Who’s afraid of China?
Berlin (Brussels Morning) Sinophobia is a widespread political disease. Beyond China, industrialised countries are also pursuing an unjustifiably confrontational course…
Climate change politics lack economic rationale
The coronavirus pandemic is a setback for the environmental movement as it shows how governments can disrupting economic activity but…
Turkey and the mirage of monetary sovereignty
Turkey has fallen into a traditional carry-trade trap that is destabilising its currency; the structural solution to the challenge at…
Switzerland is a currency manipulator, but what do you do about it?
Berlin (Brussels Morning) There is no doubt that Switzerland is a currency manipulator; whether its behaviour is wrong or right…
The great advantage of the European Monetary Union
Berlin (Brussels Morning) Many German economists still blame the European Central Bank (ECB) for doing what central banks normally do,…
