Building Good Governance in Greece , a European Missed Opportunity?

WP by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Hertie School of Governance

Keywords: corruption, trust in Europe, elites, austerity, Greece, Italy, mezzogiorno syndrome, Santer, euro, Clean Hands

Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης: Μακρόν αλά ελληνικά; | Liberal.gr | Γιώργος Καραμπελιάς

Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης: Μακρόν αλά ελληνικά; | Liberal.gr: Ο οριστικός ενταφιασμός της μεταπολίτευσης και της παραδοσιακής εμφυλιοπολεμικής διαίρεσης, αριστεράς-δεξιάς, ολοκληρώθηκε με τις εκλογές της 7ης Ιουλίου του 2019. Ο Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης συγκρότησε μία κυβέρνηση που προσπαθεί να ανταποκριθεί στο αίτημα της υπέρβασης αριστεράς-δεξιάς, γεγονός που αντανακλάται τόσο στη σύνθεση της όσο και στις προγραμματικές δηλώσε...

Democracy’s Twenty-First-Century Histories | Adam Tooze* (pdf)

Abstract: This essay approaches the idea that current conceptions of history are in fact tantamount to ideas about the historical unfolding of democracy, with history and democracy having become intellectually intertwined. This observation starts with various present-day challenges and debates, but then integrates them in broader historiographic and metahistorical interpretations. A survey of some major publications on the history of democracy in Europe and the United States from the nineteenth century to the present brings together US, British, French and German perspectives on the democratic condition of our age.

Why Turkey Doesn’t Trust the United States | Nick Danforth, FP

With an economy already under severe strain, Turkey is now facing U.S. sanctions over its purchase of Russian air defense missiles and European Union sanctions over continued energy exploration off the coast of Cyprus....

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Economics for Inclusive Prosperity

Suresh Naidu, Dani Rodrik, and Gabriel Zucman and al
We live in an age of astonishing inequality. Income and wealth disparities between the rich and the poor in the United States have risen to heights not seen since the gilded age in the early part of the 20th century, and are among the highest in the developed world. Median wages for American workers remain at 1970s levels. Fewer and fewer among newer generations can expect to do better than their parents. (pdf)