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Can democracies deal with climate change?

Trust in the ability of political elites to deal with the eco-social consequences of climate change is evaporating. Reaching eco-political targets calls for …
http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2008-11-21-leggewiewelzer-en...

The malady of infinite aspiration

"Esprit" watches market prophecies self-fulfil; "Blätter" calls off the bets in the financial casino; "Mute" refutes the received wisdom about inflation; …
http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2008-11-18-eurozinerev-en.html

The creativity fix

In Richard Florida's "creative city", the creative class dissolves the classical division between the productive bourgeoisie and the bohemian. But creativity …
http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2008-11-19-peck-de.html

Literary perspectives: Sweden

Recent literary debates in Sweden have dwelled, among things, on authors' love lives and penchant for designer handbags. Yet there is more out there if one …
http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2008-11-19-thente-de.html

Zero confidence

Banks collapsing, homes repossessed, jobs disappearing... no wonder the world is in despair. Steven Lukes turns to Emile Durkheim's classic work Suicide to …
http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2008-11-18-lukes-en.html

Nowadays

Attention has to be paid to the individual victims of a small minority in pursuit of limitless and obscene wealth and power, writes Giuliano Mesa. Resignation …
http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2008-11-18-mesa-de.html

The red carpet

Drug trafficking is "a highly productive industry" in Mexico, writes Juan Villoro. Corruption; a severe lack of freedom of expression; and excessive violence …
http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2008-11-18-villoro-de.html

From subprime to slump?

This year the world has seen the power of money to socialize the costs of capitalist crisis, but are prices going to go on rising to Weimar-like levels? Jon …
http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2008-11-18-amsden-en.html

Something to declare

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been criticized from all sides since its inception sixty years ago. Conor Gearty calls for a fresh definition of …
http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2008-11-18-gearty-en.html

Panic in the financial casino

Self-regulation by the market has turned out to be an illusion: what's needed now is more governmental regulation of financial markets along with caps on …
http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2008-11-17-flassbeck-de.html