Tag: Germany

• How Strong Are British Trade Unions, Really?

  July 6, 2013

  Corporatism, Trade Unions, United Kingdom

  In Wednesday’s Prime Minister’s Questions, David Cameron presented Unite’s Leader Len McCluskey as the real master of the Labour party. Len McCluskey is the alien creature about to take over the country with his horde of commies, the new Goldstein. But how powerful are British unions, really? One can think of two ways to measure Read.

• The Size of Austerity

  July 4, 2013

  Austerity, Eurozone Crisis

  The data come from Andrew Watt’s and Sotiria Theodoropoulou’s ETUI report, (p. 14) based on a survey of country experts. Some data, from Italy and Spain most notably, are missing. This is partly based on 2011 estimates, and as we know forecasts have been all but reliable. There is more data on this on the Read.