Wolfgang Streeck (Max Planck): The Rise of the European Consolidation State. Keith Humphreys on why the euro is a selfish jerk. Daniel Drezner on the one book you need to read about the euro zone. Europe never really had a debt crisis — it has a currency crisis that the ECB allowed to push up country’s borrowing costs; but once the ECB said it wouldn’t, it didn’t. Ben Bernanke on how Germany’s trade surplus is a problem. Germany is imperiling the world economy by refusing to accept free money. Can Germany’s past pay for Greece’s future? Raphael Tsavkko Garcia on the challenges of the Podemos phenomenon: Podemos came from the streets, social media platforms and out of a horizontal ideology not found in the traditional parties. Romain Leick interviews Slavoj Zizek: “The greatest threat to Europe is its inertia”. Andreas Follesdal (Pluricourts): Democracy, Identity, and European Public Spheres. Huub Dijstelbloem (Amsterdam): Mediating the Mediterranean: Surveillance and Counter-Surveillance at the Southern Borders of Europe. Refugees stream into Europe, where they are not welcomed with open arms. Mark Lilla reviews Soumission by Michel Houellebecq and reviews Le Suicide francais by Eric Zemmour. Authoritarian Outfitters: German neo-Nazis’ favorite clothing brand is expanding throughout Europe. This man just claimed a new European nation — 160,000 people already want to live there.
