Friday, 3 June 2016

Experiments in political science and the Cartwright critique

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Over the course of the last couple of years, the political science discipline has twice hit the headlines for scandals linked to "fiel...
Thursday, 10 December 2015

Puffing the magic Draghi

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Mario Draghi had a rough time last week.  The extension of QE he announced disappointed markets, who were apparently expecting him to excee...
Monday, 9 February 2015

Can Greece escape the ultimatum game? (And no, Draghi's not trying to help them do it)

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At the start of a crucial week for Syriza's effort to negotiate a revision to the disastrous current arrangements between Greece and th...
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Tuesday, 16 December 2014

The Russian crisis and the Eurozone: some economic context

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Pretty dramatic things are happening with the Russian rouble. Its dollar value is as of yesterday just about half of what it was on average...
Thursday, 6 November 2014

Why Mario Draghi's ECB colleagues just kneecapped his credibility: the politics of market tripwires

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Something is afoot at the European Central Bank.  People at the very top of the institution--leaders of the central banks of the member na...
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Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Governing by panic

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Readers of this blog may be interested in my new paper , "Governing by Panic: The Politics of the Eurozone Crisis."  Here is the ...
Monday, 20 October 2014

When is a social democrat not a social democrat?

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When he's Sigmar Gabriel, head of Germany's SPD and Minister for the Economy.  Here's Mr Gabriel in an interview with the Bil...