Below is a partial
list of Steven Hill’s articles and opeds, drawing from material
in his book Europe's Promise. To read more of his work, go to his
page at the New America Foundation, www.Steven-Hill.org.
My interview with
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou…from the top of the Acropolis
My interview
with PM Papandreou was preceded by one with his Deputy Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Spyros Kouvelis. I was ushered into a pleasant
yet not extravagant office, decorated tastefully with various artworks
of Greek culture and personal artifacts.
Reconsidering Japan
and Germany (and Paul Krugman)
Steven Hill, International
Politik (Germany), December 2, 2010
Angela Merkel is
Getting it Right
Steven Hill, International Politik (Germany), October 4, 2010
Forget Barack Obama. Forget the Hu Jintao/Wen Jiaboa duo, David
Cameron, or Vladimir Putin. Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel is
the world’s most important leader.
Austerity vs. Stimulus:
Who’s Right?
Steven Hill, Social
Europe Journal, November 24, 2010
To paraphrase Denmark’s Prince Hamlet, ‘To enact austerity or not
to enact austerity, that is the question.’ Unfortunately, dear Hamlet,
that is a question without a sure answer. The truth is, none of
the experts know what is the correct thing to do. Trichet, Bernanke,
Geithner, Schäuble, Krugman, Stiglitz, Wolf, Münchau, Soros, all
of them are in it over their heads. In their heart of hearts, they
must know it.
Germany Speaks Out
Steven Hill, International
Herald Tribune/New York Times, November 12, 2010
The Group of 20 meeting in Seoul is quickly emerging as a game-changing
moment. Not only did President Barack Obama suffer a loss of face,
but America’s leadership took a major hit. Following America’s catalytic
role in bringing the global economy to the brink of disaster, followed
by the Obama administration’s weakened political position after
the Nov. 2 mid-term elections, the United States is now losing the
global argument over what is the best development model for the
21st century.
United States too
uncritical of Israel, says American author
Interview with Steven Hill
By Mustafa Edib Yilmaz
Today’s
Zaman
Istanbul, Turkey
Media ‘Speculators’
Miss History Being Made In Europe
Steven Hill, Social
Europe Journal, October 19, 2010
Like financial speculators, the media likes to speculate in hype
and sensationalism, dedicated to advancing their goals. Financial
speculators do it to make gobs of money, and the media does it to
grab eyeballs for their TV shows and newspapers. During the recent
Greek debt crisis, both the financial and media speculators acted
to put the eurozone in play, and to destabilise entire national
economies.
There's No Place
Like Europe: Steven Hill on Medical House Calls, Multiparty Politics,
and Other American Fantasies
Interview with Steven Hill
by Alissa Bohling from t
r u t h o u t
Steven Hill: "The
crisis unites Europe" (interview in Vima, Greece’s leading
daily newspaper)
Steven Hill, the American writer, journalist and political analyst,
talks about the opportunities the economic crisis provides to Europe,
and believes that Greece is on the right track.
By Markos Karasarinis
The China Superpower
Hoax
By Steven Hill, Truthdig,
September 22, 2010
China must have the best public relations maestros in the world.
How else would a country with a lower per capita income than Iran,
Mexico and Kazakhstan, one of the worst environmental records of
any major nation, endemic corruption, jails stuffed with dissenters,
and a dictatorship, besides, be hailed by so many as the next global
superpower?
Don't cut Social
Security, DOUBLE it
By Steven Hill, New
York Daily News, September 2, 2010
In the aftermath of the Great Recession, a debate over Social Security,
is heating up. This debate raises fundamental questions about what
kind of society Americans wish to live in. So far, the debate has
been between those deficit busters who say Social Security must
be trimmed back to reduce government indebtedness, and others who
want to maintain it as is. But the New America Foundation just released
a study that I authored that proposes a different approach: doubling
the current Social Security payout, and making it a true national
retirement system. Creating a more robust system of "Social
Security Plus" not only would be good for American retirees,
but also would be good for the greater macro economy.
Europe’s challenge:
“Out of many, one”
By Steven Hill, Social
Europe Journal, September 18, 2010
With relief, Europe has made it to the end of the summer holiday
season with the worst of the Greek/euro zone debt crisis behind
it. Defying the gloomy headlines, the eurozone did not disintegrate;
indeed this crisis, like previous ones, provided a shove toward
further economic integration.
Shorting Economists:
The 'Experts' Keep Getting it Wrong
Steven Hill, Truthdig, August 19, 2010
Angela
Merkel: The World’s ‘Most Valuable Leader’
Steven Hill, Social Europe Journal, August 18, 2010
The Economic Fallacy
of 'Zombie' Japan
Steven Hill, Guardian, August 11, 2010
Europe’s
Quiet Revolution: Redefining Power in the 21st Century
Steven Hill, Spring 2010, EUSA Review
(also published as If
Europe didn't exist we would have to invent it, PS/Public Servant
in the UK, July 30, 2010)
Don't
scorn Germany and Japan; learn from them
Steven Hill, Los Angeles Times, July 29, 2010
Europe
Needs a Public Relations Makeover
Steven Hill, Social Europe Journal, July 16, 2010
Swiss
offer a fix for direct democracy
Steven Hill, July 2, 2010, Sacramento Bee
Closing
the ‘Democracy Deficit’ in the EU and US
Steven Hill, June 17, 2010, Social Europe Journal
Europe
Energized
Steven Hill, June 8, 2010, New York Times/International Herald Tribune
Lessons
from the Gulf of Mexico: US Needs a National Energy Policy like
Europe’s
Steven Hill, May 17, 2010, Social Europe Journal
Greek
Crisis Leads to Positive Steps
Steven Hill, May 14, 2010, San Francisco Chronicle
Europe's
Answer to Wall Street
Steven Hill, April 21, 2010,The Nation
Europe
Tax Model Delivers Much More
Steven Hill, April 15, 2010, Sacramento Bee
What
the Doomsayers Haven’t Been Telling You About Greece
Steven Hill, April 15, 2010, Social Europe Journal
Inspiration
Across the Pond
Steven Hill, March 29, 2010, E!Sharp
A
More United Europe
Steven Hill, March 22, 2010, Forbes.com
Europe’s
Case of ‘Chief Executive Envy’
Steven Hill, March 19, 2010, Social Europe Journal
Returning
the Senate to Majority Rule
Steven Hill, March 18, 2010, Roll Call
Can
Obama Bypass Republicans on Health?
Steven Hill, Feb 22, 2010, NY Times.com
The
Greek Aftershock – Will it Make or Break Europe?
Steven Hill, February 19, 2010, Social Europe Journal
Lessons
for Europe From California
Steven Hill, February 17, 2010, The Guardian (London)
Americans
Pay Fewer Taxes Than Europeans - NOT!
Steven Hill, January 22, 2010, San Francisco Chronicle
What
a Post-American World means for Europe
Steven Hill, January 18, 2010, Social Europe Journal
Economic
Democracy and Codetermination: Harnessing the Capitalist Engine
Steven Hill, January 15, 2010, The Globalist
Europe's
Post-Copenhagen View of Obama
Steven Hill, January 13, 2010, The New York Times
Next
Steps for Social Democracy: An American Perspective
Steven Hill, December 16, 2009, Social Europe Journal
Obama
Can Create Jobs by Modeling Two Good Ideas
Steven Hill, December 14, 2009, Christian Science Monitor
Healthcare
Tests the Senate’s Credibility
Steven Hill, November 30, 2009, Financial Times
The
Problem Is Minority Rule (in the Senate)
Steven Hill, October 13, 2009, New York Times
Health-Care
Cooperatives Can Work
Steven Hill, October 12, 2009, Washington Post
America's
Failed Model for the World
Steven Hill, September 16, 2009, The Guardian
As one Viennese politician told me: "If the American model
no longer is the blueprint for the world, what comes next?"
Don't
Want Swine Flu with Lunch? Then Offer Paid Sick Leave
Steven Hill, June 18, 2009, New York Daily News
What
Obama Can Learn from European Health Care
Steven Hill, March 3, 2009, The Globalist
The
Missing Element of Obama's Economic Plan
Steven Hill, January 18, 2009, openDemocracy
Imagine a place where doctors still do house calls. Or where childcare
is affordable and widely available. Or where all new parents are
paid to stay home and care for their newborns, and receive a monthly
stipend to pay for diapers, food and other daily needs.
Learning
from Europe
Steven Hill, January 16, 2009, Providence Journal
President Obama would do well to look to Europe for guidance, particularly
when it comes to three of the president-elect's top priorities:
energy and climate change, health care and jump-starting the economy.
The
Housing Crisis: Main Street Needs Help, Too
Steven Hill with John Bartlett, October 23, 2008, The Guardian and
Capitol Weekly
China's
Robber-Baron Ways
Steven Hill, September 23, 2008, International Herald Tribune
China
and the Long Road Ahead
Steven Hill, September 6, 2008, World Policy Blog
During the Olympics, China showed the world that it can throw a
heck of a coming out party. But traveling here afterward, one sees
the many complexities and challenges facing this vast and ancient
land.
The
Trans-Atlantic Clash over Political Economy and Fulcrum Institutions
Steven Hill, New America Foundation, January 1, 2008, Social Europe
Journal
While the United States and Europe share much in common, they also
exhibit basic differences, an "American Way" and a "European
Way," that are diverging. In a globalized capitalist world,
where all nations are seeking models of development, this clash
within the West is every bit as elemental as the clash with Arab-Islam
because it is multidimensional -- economic, political, social, and
international in scope.
Five
Myths About Sick Old Europe
Steven Hill, October 7, 2007, Washington Post
Not so long ago, American pundits and economic analysts were snidely
touting U.S. economic superiority to the "sick old man"
of Europe. What a difference a few months can make.
Legislators
Fiddle While Earth Warms
Steven Hill, August 3, 2007, San Francisco Chronicle
While the California Legislature and Bush administration dithers,
Europe is spearheading innovations. Recently, the European Union
agreed to cut its carbon emissions by 20 percent, and to make renewable
energy sources 20 percent of its energy mix by 2020.
Real
Democracy... Or Dystopia?
Steven Hill, February 16, 2007, TomPaine.com
These are two very different alternative futures, founded on two
very different philosophies regarding representative democracy --
elite rule vs. popular sovereignty. We are standing at a fork in
the road, and the choice is ours.
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