In this Issue

Articles
Antonio Lettieri on the Italian elections and the Eurozone; Ruggero Paladini on the politics of the rigidity of EU's minor countries; Jeff Faux on the American troops in South Corea; Claudio Salone discusses the controversial thesis on EU future; Dean Baker on the debate about the US protectionism. 

In the Papers, Thomas Palley on Theories of the Welfare State; Elise Gould about the Wages in the US; Umberto Romagnoli and the history of the Italian Labor Law;  Eileen Appelbaum on the increase of inequality in the US.

In the News: A Physicist’s Farewell to Stephen Hawking; The corporate media and the rise of the oligarchy; Brazil’s Democracy and Lula The German political crisis; The debacle of the leftwing Parties in Europe; A new theory about the civilization development. 

Articles & Opinions

• Antonio Lettieri
  The Ides of March of Italian politics
  Le idi di Marzo della politica italiana
   
• Ruggero Paladini
  Eight northern countries and EU
  Otto paesi del nord e UE
   
• Jeff Faux
  Why Are U.S. Troops Still in South Korea, Anyway?
   
• Claudio Salone
  Più o meno Europa?
   
• Dean Baker
  Steel Tariffs and Doctors: A Teachable Moment?
   
• Carlo Clericetti
  Pierre Moscovici e il disavanzo del tre per cento
   
• Jeff Faux
• A Short History of American Empire

• Antonio Lettieri
  The Ionesco Euro
  L’Euro di Ionesco
   
• Papers
  
  *  Re-Theorizing the Welfare State
  Thomas Palley
  
  ◾ The State of American Wages 2017
  Elise Gould
  
  ◾ "Ragionevoli utopie". Cultura giuridica del lavoro
  e cittadinanza sociale Intervista a Umberto Romagnoli
  Giovanni Cazzetta 
  
  What's Behind the Increase in Inequality?
  Eileen Appelbaum*
  
  ◾ The General Theory at 80. Reflexions on the enduring
  relevance Keynes' Economics
  Thomas Palley
  
  Views  
  * The corporate media ignores the rise of oligarchy. The rest of us shouldn't
  Bernie Sanders  The Guardian 
  * A Physicist’s Farewell to Stephen Hawking
  David Kaiser  The New Yorker 
  * Brazil’s Democracy Pushed Into the Abyss
  Mark Weisbrot  New York Times  
  * Why the left loses: Explaining the decline of center-left parties
  Rob Manwaring and Paul Kennedy  LSE-EUIROPP
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•  Editor:  Antonio Lettieri, Co-Editor, Antonio Grau Baylos 
   
• Editorial Board Margarita Barañano; Ramón Baeza; Barry Bluestone; Carlo Clericetti;
  eff Faux; Jacques Freyssinet; Tarso Genro; Stuart Holland; Jesper Jespersen; Elvira S. Llopis; Mario Nuti; Ruggero Paladini; Thomas Palley; Guido Rey; Umberto Romagnoli;
  Mario Rusciano