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Reimagining the Debt Crisis: Latin America and Europe in Conversation
Written by Samuel George
In Fall of 2012, the Bertelsmann Foundation began a focus on Latin America as part of the Global Economic Dynamics project. With Europe trudging through a debt crisis, we felt that considering the Latin American experience with debt would be a perfect introduction to why Brasilia matters to Berlin, and […]
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Political Foes, Buddies in Trade
Written by Ilina Mangova
Macedonia and Greece are neighbors and political foes. They have politically “disliked” each other (to put it mildly) since 1991 when Macedonia became independent. Tension between these two countries peaked back in 1994 when Macedonia was subject to a trade embargo from Greece. At the same time, from 1992 to […]
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Polish Plumbers and Muslim Extremists: Globalization’s Ghost Stories
Written by Dragos C. Costache
A spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of immigration. All the powers of the Old World have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: President and Chancellor, LePen and Wilders, Norse Radicals and French burka-banners. The western world has always had its ghost stories: strange, sinister […]
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What’s the real merit of free trade?
Written by AylinMatle
As far as I know I have never thought about free trade apart when I had to during university classes which is probably a solid enough indicator that this topic is rather remote from my personal concerns. So either I take for granted the advantages that come with the European […]
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Trade in Romania: What’s local in a single market?
Written by Corina Murafa
The strawberry season started late this year in Romania as the winter has been long and damp. A couple of days ago I went to the market next to my house and struck up a conversation with the strawberry seller. He was praising the fruit: “They’re grown in Romania, madam. […]
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Nepal’s Unproductive Migrants
Written by Bhumika Ghimire
Discussion on migration in the Nepali context is more often focused on the economic aspect. Looking at how much the country relies on remittances received from migrant laborers, this may not seem so strange. In his post in the UK Guardian on what motivates migrant workers, Jonathan Glennie remarked that: […]
