Showing posts with label C J Polychroniou. Show all posts
Showing posts with label C J Polychroniou. Show all posts

Thursday, 14 July 2016

After Brexit, there will be no Grexit (C J Polychroniou, Al Jazeera)

When the Greek sovereign debt crisis broke out back in early 2010, the prospect of Greece's exit from the single currency regime of the European Union dominated world headines - and for a good reason.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/07/brexit-grexit-160703071558588.html

Saturday, 30 April 2016

Rebuilding the EU or breaking free from it? (C J Polychroniou, Al Jazeera)

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium [Reuters]

The European debt crisis of 2010, which still has many peripheral nations in its grip and has led to what appears to be a permanent state of fiscal austerity, has exposed to the world the highly flawed and dangerous architecture of the European Monetary Union and the anti-democratic nature of European Union institutions.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/04/rebuilding-eu-breaking-free-160426064426541.html

Monday, 4 April 2016

Panama Papers: Why should we care? (C J Polychroniou, Al Jazeera)

Panama has always been one of the best tax havens in the world - both during and after the reign of General Manuel Noriega - and Mossack Fonseca (run by a Swiss tax expert named Jurgen Mossack and his Panamanian partner, Ramon Fonseca) is one of the dominant players in the parallel world of tax havens.

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C J Polychroniou is a political economist/political scientist who has taught and worked in Europe and the US.