Articles

02.03.15 Publication: Nikkei Business

We in the media often write, with enthusiasm, about disruptive technological innovation, about the way in which new ideas and new technologies have forced many...

02.03.15 Publication: La Stampa

It is often tempting to describe Britain’s political and media elite in an Italian manner as La casta. And some of the success of the populist UK...

02.03.15 Publication: CAPX

My response to Daniel Hannan’s article “Pro-EU propaganda film is a disaster for the BBC” about the film by Annalisa Piras, “The Great...

09.02.15 Publication: FT

The proposal for “debt-swapping” floated by Greece’s new finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, is both ingenious and constructive....

08.02.15 Publication: La Stampa

Europe is witnessing two important but dangerous negotiations: one, between Russia, Germany and France over Ukraine, the other, between Greece and Germany over...

19.01.15 Publication: Project Syndicate

Ever since Europe’s economic crisis erupted more than four years ago, politicians and pundits have clamored for a grand solution, often invoking the example...

13.01.15 Publication: FT

Watch Japan. Such advice has long been rare, except on “lost decades” or the risks of nuclear power. But for the next 12 months, the world’s...

09.01.15 Publication: Nikkei Business

There are several nations that call themselves “the lucky country”, most notably Australia. But in today’s world of global business, that title might...

27.12.14 Publication: Montrose Journal

The Western world’s bookshelves are groaning under the weight of tomes pondering “What Does China Think?” (Mark Leonard, 2008) or what will...

25.12.14 Publication: La Stampa

Britain has never been in love with the European Union. A central part of our national mythology derives from the fact that we haven’t been successfully...

14.12.14 Publication: La Stampa

If we know foreign countries at all, we tend to know them by their capital cities, their politics and, yes of course, by their sports stars. So this week in...

02.12.14 Publication: FT

Pope Francis may think of Europe as a haggard grandmother, but this eurozone granny´s got a gambling habit. She used to...

01.12.14 Publication: La Stampa

It is the first really good news the European economy has had since 2008, and it has come from an improbable pair of benefactors--American shale-oil producers...

21.11.14 Publication: FT

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07.11.14 Publication: Nikkei Business

I have often been puzzled why beautiful countries seem so indifferent about tourism. Italy is one: perhaps because it has combined a good climate, wonderful...

07.10.14 Publication: La Stampa

It is an inspiring sight—unless you are a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. Tens of thousands of brave young people, marching...

22.09.14 Publication: Nikkei Business

The most fashionable topic in economics right now is labour markets. That’s quite a change: nobody has paid much attention to labour for many years. But in...

22.09.14 Publication: Nikkei Business

The most fashionable topic in economics right now is labour markets. That’s quite a change: nobody has paid much attention to labour for many...

22.08.14 Publication: La Stampa

When we are in trouble, we often look for a grand, systemic, ideally epochal explanation, one that defines it as being somehow new and unprecedented, or at...

22.08.14 Publication: La Stampa

When we are in trouble, we often look for a grand, systemic, ideally epochal explanation, one that defines it as being somehow new...

07.08.14 Publication: FT

A shorter version of this article was published in the Financial Times on August...

21.07.14 Publication: Nikkei Business

We know that we cannot forecast far into the future. Nevertheless, here in the second decade of the 21st century, there is an impressive consensus about what...

27.05.14 Publication: La Stampa

Here in Britain, we are searching for the right metaphor. Should the success of Nigel Farage and his UK Independence Party (UKIP) in our local and European...

26.05.14 Publication: Nikkei Business

Here in Europe, events in Ukraine have reminded me of two important things, beyond the obvious points about geopolitics, Russia and great-power competition....