Harold James is Professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University and Professor of History at the European University Institute, Florence. A specialist on German economic history and on globalization, he is the author of The Creation and Destruction of Value: The Globalization Cycle, Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm, and Making the European Monetary Union.
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Commentaries by Harold James
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The Latin Difference
PRINCETON – It is increasingly popular to think of Europe in binary terms. French President François Hollande is constantly flirting with th…
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The New Economy of Fealty
PRINCETON – Since the 2008 financial crisis, most industrial economies have avoided anything like the collapse that occurred during the Grea…
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Margaret Thatcher’s Lessons for Europe
PRINCETON – Margaret Thatcher was much more respected outside Britain than she was in her own country. In the United States, but also in Cen…
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The Dirge of Cyprus
PRINCETON – Europe can choose its own musical accompaniment to its latest crisis. In Berlin, 50 Cent’s “All Things Fall Apart” has just had …
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Why Europe?
PRINCETON – What is the point of Europe? The threat of an explosive disintegration of the eurozone – and with it of the European Union – is …
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Brexit, Voice, and Loyalty
PRINCETON – Albert Hirschman, who died at the end of last year, was a great economist with a gift for producing striking insights by focusin…
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Europe’s Next Great Mistake
PRINCETON – In constructing Europe’s monetary union, political leaders did not think through all of the implications, which led to major des…
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The Debtor Prisoner’s Dilemma
PRINCETON – Any economic slowdown increases debt burdens, whether for households or for states. Today, both are looking for ways to reduce t…
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Europe’s Plan A
FRANKFURT – Europe’s politicians nowadays are desperately looking for someone to blame for the euro crisis. Germany blames France, and vice …
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Why is Obama Winning?
PRINCETON – James Carville, Bill Clinton’s chief campaign strategist in 1992, famously expressed a bit of established insider wisdom about w…
The Latin Difference
Michael Heller: Harold, a very interesting article as usual, BUT it's unfair, though admittedly quite usual, to blame Max Weber for the obviously unsatisfactory 'religious' interpretation. Weber specifically and cate…