http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/ en-us shill@icg.org 2010-11-13T23:13:01-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/archives/individual/2010_11/026625.php AMAZING GERMANY…DECLINING UNEMPLOYMENT…HOW DO THEY DO IT?...The Wall Street Journal reported not that long ago that Germany is benefiting from its lowest unemployment in 20 years. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which uses harmonized unemployment rates (the... 26625@http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/ 2010-11-13T23:13:01-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/archives/individual/2010_11/026562.php SO HOW’S EUROPE DOING? AN UP CLOSE LOOK…One of my goals during this trip has been to assess the impact of the economic crisis in those parts of Europe I am visiting, which by the end will amount to 12... 26562@http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/ 2010-11-09T17:42:23-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/archives/individual/2010_11/026487.php OSLO’S ASTONISHING VIGELAND SCULPTURES -- A CELEBRATION OF HUMAN BODIES AND THE CYCLE OF LIFE…In Oslo, unfortunately, I ran into some bad weather in the form of steady rain and the first cold breaths of winter coming on. But that... 26487@http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/ 2010-11-05T03:13:48-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/archives/individual/2010_11/026424.php BOMBS, BOMBS EVERYWHERE; EUROPE PONDERS AMERICA’S RETURN TO BUSH-LITE…Yesterday when I was in Istanbul, a bomb went off in Taksim Square, not far from where I was staying. As Taksim is one of the one of the main thoroughfares of... 26424@http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/ 2010-11-01T23:40:45-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/archives/individual/2010_10/026366.php ANCIENT TRANSPORTATIONS: WALKING AND BICYCLING TO HEALTH...As I have made my way across Europe by train, my frequent companions have been the many strangers, visible outside my train window, who can be seen traversing a vast network of bike paths... 26366@http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/ 2010-10-28T16:23:00-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/archives/individual/2010_10/026327.php THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION (THE MOST IMPORTANT BODY YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF): “WE THOUGHT WE COULD LEAD BY EXAMPLE”...Despite its perennially gloomy weather (imagine foggy San Francisco most of the year, instead of just in the summertime), Brussels has become a... 26327@http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/ 2010-10-27T05:16:37-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/archives/individual/2010_10/026285.php HOPE FOR MULTICULTURALISM IN SOUTHERN FRANCE…AND PORTABLE TEA BAGS…The e-mail below is from Angela Shaw, an American friend of mine who has lived in Toulouse, France for many years. Angela grew up in New York City and was one of... 26285@http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/ 2010-10-25T05:40:04-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/archives/individual/2010_10/026269.php FRENCH PROTESTERS: "WHERE ARE YOU AMERICANS?"...The headlines are ablaze with reports of strikes in France, and the strikes are getting increasingly intense. As the date arrived for the Senate to vote on the legislation to increase the retirement age (the... 26269@http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/ 2010-10-23T05:41:15-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/archives/individual/2010_10/026191.php SALZBURG:"WHY DON'T YOU HAVE THESE THINGS FOR YOUR PEOPLE?"...Tonight I am giving a talk in Salzburg, Austria, and it is fitting that I should return here since this was the place where I once engaged in an impromptu conversation that... 26191@http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/ 2010-10-19T03:57:05-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/archives/individual/2010_10/026116.php THE PLIGHT OF THE ROMA MINORITY: SIGNS OF HOPE AMIDST THIS CHALLENGE TO RAINBOW EUROPE...Today I interviewed Professor Rudolf Sarkozi, a leader of the Roma ethnic minority and chairman of the Austrian Romani Cultural Society in Vienna, Austria, as well... 26116@http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/ 2010-10-14T05:48:37-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/archives/individual/2010_10/026096.php TRIAL BY FIRE: POPULIST PARTY MAKES GAINS IN VIENNA'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS; THE CHALLENGE OF RAINBOW EUROPE...On Sunday, electoral fireworks went off here in Vienna, Austria. I observed the municipal elections, and the populist, anti-immigrant Freedom Party (FPO) nearly doubled its... 26096@http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/ 2010-10-13T06:11:13-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/archives/individual/2010_10/025967.php OKTOBERFEST: A “STAMMTISCH” OF THOUSANDS; SKEPTICISM OVER U.S. TRAVEL ADVISORY IN EUROPE...The German language has a word, “Stammtisch,” that really has no English equivalent. The closest translation is something like “regulars’ reserved table” or "regular get-together." Literally speaking, Stammtisch means... 25967@http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/ 2010-10-04T09:12:42-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/archives/individual/2010_09/025925.php THE PRIME MINISTERS WEIGH IN; WHAT IS THE PROPER ROLE AND SOCIAL FUNCTION OF A BANK?…The panel on which I am speaking today is titled “Rebuilding confidence in financial markets: financial regulations, budgetary discipline, monetary stability.” Fellow panelists include Danuta... 25925@http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/ 2010-09-30T13:14:44-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/archives/individual/2010_09/025924.php EUROPEAN DOUBTS ABOUT THE UNITED STATES; CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM OVER RECOVERY FROM GREEK CRISIS…I am still attending the conference, "The Crisis in Europe: Re-inventing EU Policies Delivering Growth and Fighting Poverty." The signature conference event for today is a round table... 25924@http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/ 2010-09-30T12:26:34-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/archives/individual/2010_09/025871.php EUROPE'S CONSERVATIVES GRAPPLE WITH THE ECONOMIC CRISIS...In Budapest I am participating in and speaking at a two-day, invitation-only conference, "The Crisis in Europe: Re-inventing EU Policies Delivering Growth and Fighting Poverty." This conference is hosted by the European Ideas Network,... 25871@http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/hows_europe_doing/ 2010-09-28T09:00:00-06:00