"This book aims to put the shocking events of 2016-17 in to a long-term, historical perspective. The seemingly disparate and separately discussed election of Donald Trump, Brexit vote, and the success of Marine LePen's National Front Party and the wider spread of populism have an overlooked...

Against the background of political turmoil in the Middle-East, Europe faces an unprecedented surge in asylum applications. In analyzing the economic impact of this inflow, this paper draws from the experience of previous economic migrants and refugees, mindful of the fact that the...

The European crisis in a global perspective -- The crisis of European integration and economic reason : orthodoxy versus heterodoxy / Magnus Ryner -- Linking a post-Keynesian approach to critical political economy : debt-driven growth, export-driven growth and the crisis in Europe / Engelbert...

In the long aftermath of the acute global financial crisis of 2008/09, the need to get economies back on track and to handle high levels of public and private debt has created conflicting objectives. Challenges yet to be mastered are the need to avoid counterproductive measures of adjustment and...