Philippe Legrain

I was interviewed for The European, a German publication, by Christoph Hosang on why the eurozone’s crisis response has been such a disaster and why the German government is a big part of the problem

I was interviewed by Pierre-Henri Thomas for the Belgian publication Trends Tendances on the crisis in Europe and why Germany is not an economic model

I was interviewed by Eric Bonse for the German newspaper, Die Tageszeitung

Former ECB chief economist Otmar Issing has a piece in today’s FT that is riddled with mistakes and misconceptions. The headline gives you the gist of it: “Get your finances in order and stop blaming Germany: The countries now in trouble have caused their own problems”. Here are a few of the flaws in his argument. […]

In additional to its fiscal enforcement powers, the European Commission is now mandated to tackle excessive imbalances in the eurozone that could endanger its stability. Due to German lobbying, EU rules on imbalances are dangerously unbalanced: while they deem a current-account deficit of 4% of GDP problematic, a surplus has to exceed 6% of GDP […]

Die Berliner Republik, 06/12. Wenn Vorbehalte gegen Eingewanderte und Einwanderung laut werden, gehen Progressive nicht selten in Deckung. Das ist ein großer Fehler. Denn sowohl progressive Prinzipien als auch Pragmatismus und ökonomische Vernunft sprechen dafür, Einwanderung und Vielfalt ohne Wenn und Aber zu unterstützen

in German. Read it here (scroll down the page)