Grexit

In December 2019, Marco Buti left the position of Director General for Economic and Financial Affairs at the European Commission at the end of a rough journey through the crisis and its aftermath. In this column, he draws the main lessons out of five key mome…

January 07, 2020  02:35 PM DER SPIEGEL: Ms. President, when you spoke about the European Union with DER SPIEGEL in a 2011 interview, you threw your support behind the concept of a "United States of Europe." Is that still your goal now that you have become p…

In a decade where social media dominated much of the public conversation, it should be little surprise that online culture had a huge impact on our language. Here are some of the words and phrases that defined the 2010s terms which were scarce or non-existen…

Gordon Brown had been heckled during a TV interview at an event in Rochdale, a Liberal Democrat seat that Labour was trying to win back in the 2010 election. After the interview, the prime ministers aides brought Gillian Duffy, the 65-year-old heckler, to mee…

Every year for nearly 70 years, the Guardian has collected the best of its journalism into a book – the BEDSIDE GUARDIAN. This year,  Bedside Guardian 2019 is edited by Aditya Chakrabortty with Paul Johnson, deputy editor, alongside  Jonathan Freedland, Zoe W…

As the year comes to an end, we tend to write long stories about the murky waters ahead in EU affairs. Given the long list of challenges, some would try find comfort in looking back over this past decade, not because of how far weve gone, but because of all…

Authoritarianism, populism, and nationalism have dominated the headlines in recent years. From India to the United States and across the European continent, this triad threatens the predominant liberal democratic order, both domestically and internationally. …

There are numerous and wide-ranging reasons why someone may choose to invest in physical precious metals. A deep understanding of monetary history provides plenty of solid arguments, and so do the mounting geopolitical risks, the spiking probability of a rece…

Twitter Reacts to Last Night's Jeremy Corbyn Vs. Boris Johnson Debate By Petr Knava | Politics | November 20, 2019 | By Petr Knava | Politics | November 20, 2019 | The first General Election debate of Britain’s GE 2019 took place last night. It aired on I…

An open letter by Nicos Christodoulakis  Dear Mr. Stiglitz, It was an unpleasant surprise to hear that you participated along with other US academics in preparing a plan for Greece to exit the euro in 2015. The feeling was even harder, since you still belie…