Ladies First? Sex Quotas and Comparative Corporate Governance in Europe and...
In this Business forum, Darren Rosenblum (Pace Law School) discusses comparative corporate governance policies and sex quotas in the US and Europe. Event held on … Read more
View ArticleDeficit and Debt in Transition
Deficit and Debt in Transition: The Political Economy of Public Finances in Central and Eastern Europe, edited by István Benczes (Central European University Press, … Read more
View ArticleActivation or Workfare? Governance and the Neo-Liberal Convergence
Activation or Workfare? Governance and the Neo-liberal Convergence engages with the evolution of activation polices, which are polices aimed at activating the working-age able-bodied unemployed … Read...
View ArticleThe Blind Decades
The Blind Decades: Employment and Growth in France, 1974-2014, by Philippe Askenazy and Richard Freeman (University of California Press, 2014). France is often described … Read more
View ArticleThomas Piketty, Paul Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz: The Genius of Economics
Krugman and his fellow Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz join Piketty to discuss the genius of economics. Event held 3/4/2015. Video Courtesy of 92Y on YouTube… Read more
View ArticleInequality and Democratization: An Elite-Competition Approach
Inequality and Democratization: An Elite-Competition Approach comes at a time when inequality is once again in the spotlight, both in the academic and popular debate. … Read more
View ArticleThe Power to Dismiss: Trade Unions and the Regulation of Job Security in...
For more than a century, the conflict between organized capital and labor has been fought over wages and working conditions. A considerably contentious issue has … Read more
View ArticleThe Globalization of Inequality
The Globalization of Inequality, by François Bourguignon (Princeton University Press, 2015). In The Globalization of Inequality, distinguished economist and policymaker François Bourguignon examines …...
View ArticleInequality: What Can Be Done?
Sir Anthony Atkinson has gained a distinctive position in the social sciences. By publishing dozens of books and hundreds of papers he has almost single-handedly … Read more
View ArticleEurope’s Orphan
Europe’s Orphan: The Future of the Euro and the Politics of Debt, by Martin Sandbu (Princeton University Press, 2015). Originally conceived as part of … Read more
View ArticleThomas Piketty at the 22nd International Conference of Europeanists
French economist Thomas Piketty addresses the International Conference of Europeanists in Paris, France on July 9, 2015. For more CES videos, visit our Vimeo page… Read more
View ArticleThe Politics of Advanced Capitalism
The Politics of Advanced Capitalism edited by Pablo Beramendi, Silja Häusermann, Herbert Kitschelt, and Hanspeter Kriesi, documents the results of a highly ambitious collaborative project … Read more
View ArticleEuropean Social Models From Crisis to Crisis: Employment and Inequality in...
The crisis of the advanced capitalist world in 2008 that transformed into a sovereign debt crisis which shook the foundations of the European Monetary Union … Read more
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Chinese Investment in the Balkans
This article is part of our feature Re-imagining the Silk Road. Romania’s Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant, which has an agreement with a Chinese company. … Read more
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The 16+1 Framework and Economic Relations Between China and the Central and...
This article is part of our feature Re-imagining the Silk Road. Meeting of Chinese and Polish leaders, 2011. Photo credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs … Read more
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The Chinese Presence in Greece: Facts and Complexities
This article is part of our feature Re-imagining the Silk Road. A woman near the Thessaloniki Port. Photo Credit: CrippleHorse. by Pantelis Sklias… Read more
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A Tale of Two Ports: The Epic Story of Chinese Direct Investment in the Greek...
This article is part of our feature Re-imagining the Silk Road. The new equipment on the PCT (Chinese) port. Photo credit: Sophie Meunier. … Read more
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Chinese Infrastructure Investments in Serbia: Between Politics and Profit
This article is part of our feature Re-imagining the Silk Road. Thermal power plant in Kostolac, Serbia. Photocredit: stefanogiantin. by Dragan Pavlićević China’s … Read more
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Re-imagining the Silk Road: Chinese Investments in the Balkans – Introduction
This article is part of our feature Re-imagining the Silk Road. An 1830 image depicting a caravan on the Silk Road. Source: Wikimedia Commons.… Read more
View ArticleRestoring European economic leadership
Henri de Castries, head of the Institut Montaigne and AXA, explores the challenges facing Europe and the transatlantic economy and offered perspectives on how Europe … Read more
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