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La Spagna in crisi e il rischio populista

Il 2011 si sta rivelando un anno di svolta per la politica spagnola. Da una parte, i giovani indignados hanno invaso e continuano a invadere la scena pubblica del paese, richiamandosi direttamente alle dimostrazioni a cui i loro coetanei…

Obama’s tour: the meaning of Europe

President Barack Obama crossed the Atlantic on Sunday night for a tour of the Old Continent including stops in Ireland, France and Poland. However, the only thing European that Americans have on their minds these days is the fall of IMF…

Choosing an IMF leader: who holds the power?

In the past, the balance of power went something like this: the Europeans ran the International Monetary Fund and the Americans headed up the World Bank. Now, with new emerging economic powers, Europe itself needing debt bailouts and the US…