How abnormal was the stock market in October 2008?

By: Paul De Grauwe, Leonardo Iania, Pablo Rovira Kaltwasser

Last month saw a stock market move with a probability of occurring only once in 73,357,946,799,753,

900,000,000 years. What does this tell us about modern finance?

The depression of 2009

Wrong government policies on both sides of the Atlantic are turning a crisis into a catastrophe.

It’s democracy, stupid!

By: Stefan Collignon and Christan Paul

In this article, the authors advocate a "coalition of the willing" to form a truly democratic political union.

Time to play hardball with the Irish

By: Wolfgang Münchau

There are only two solutions to the Irish dilemma, both involving the retention of the Lisbon Treaty: Offer the Irish a meaningless protocol that provides guarantees they already have, or force them out of the EU.

The global euro needs stronger institutions

By: Wolfgang Münchau

Institutions matter. They create their own agendas. Nobody knows this better than the European Commission itself.

True Guide to the Lisbon Treaty

By: Andrew Duff, MEP

This is a user's Guide of the Lisbon Treaty. Everything you need to know.