Good Policies for Great Countries

The isolationist policy of the US president is dangerous for the economy.

The ECB should pursue a much looser monetary policy to jump start growth, with a weaker euro to help boost the periphery s competitiveness.

But what is honesty or dishonesty in a politician?

So other policies are needed to restore growth.

China s foreign policy is another cause for concern especially for the US.

They have much more at stake in IMF policies than do rich countries.

China s foreign policy is another cause for concern 160 especially for the US.

But politics, alas, is politics.

Public policies should also encourage greater scope for individual choice.

Credible domestic and EU wide policies are needed to stabilize the situation.

European Socialists are also finding it hard to distinguish themselves in foreign affairs.

Our tradition of being open to refugees is not new.

The Fed s unconventional monetary policies have been necessary for the US.

Ukraine s politics are not those of the steppe.

If the gossips decide it's politics, it will be politics.

A second rationale for Germany s policy is demographic.

US policy has devolved into a sort of wheel of fortune game for financial firms.

Moreover, an influential paper by the American economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff suggests that economic growth falls sharply when a country s public debt rises above 90 of GDP.

So the policy prescription for solving the crisis seems simple austerity.

That s quite an open profile for an active politician and member of government.

Democracy versus dictatorship is, of course, one fault line, but so, too, as we know from Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, is the 1,300 year old Shia Sunni divide. Policies designed for one fault line are not necessarily appropriate for the latter.

Policies designed for one fault line are not necessarily appropriate for the latter.

The policy worked.

Blood Politics

Piñata Politics

Foreign policy .

Constitutional Politics

Monetary Policy.

Fiscal Policy.

Labor Policy.

The Politics of Frustration

The Politics of Fun

The Politics of Values

The Politics of Islamophobia

Energy policy

Privacy Policy

Tribal politics

US Politics?

Sešelj has worked hard to soften his image.

We need a coherent transatlantic effort to engage this region, and NATO will be part of that effort.

But has he properly reckoned with how provocative his policies are to China?

Politics, sociology, history, or medicine all were grist for the psychoanalyst's mill.

Someone once said that politics is, of course, showbiz for ugly people.

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