an agreement, among the 28 Member states of the European Union, to facilitate and maintain the stability of the Economic and Monetary Union; its two regulations went into force in 98-99
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six European laws to reform the Maastricht stability and growth pact
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six European laws to reform the Maastricht stability and growth pact
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7 years, 7 months ago
deus ex machina
(la)
(originally Greek) "god from the machine"; derives from the gods introduced by means of a crane in ancient Greek and Roman dramas; something introduced suddenly and unexpectedly that provides a contrived solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty
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one is tempted to regard the fast-spreading rhetorical commitment to a new growth policy as the invocation of a deus ex machina able to make everybody equally happy
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7 years, 7 months ago
one is tempted to regard the fast-spreading rhetorical commitment to a new growth policy as the invocation of a deus ex machina able to make everybody equally happy
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7 years, 7 months ago
tripartite
(en)
refers to economic corporatism based on tripartite contracts of business, labour, and state affiliations within the economy
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government policy aimed to ensure full employment and a distribution acceptable to the working class, by means of negotiated tripartite incomes
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7 years, 7 months ago
government policy aimed to ensure full employment and a distribution acceptable to the working class, by means of negotiated tripartite incomes
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7 years, 7 months ago
rentiers
(en)
a Marxist term (though never actually used by Karl Marx himself) refering to those who receive income - usually interest, rent, dividends, capital gains, or profits - from their assets and investments
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The main competitors of the rentiers, united as the people of the market, are pensioners and public employees as members of the people of the state
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7 years, 7 months ago
The main competitors of the rentiers, united as the people of the market, are pensioners and public employees as members of the people of the state
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7 years, 7 months ago
mediatization
(en)
the theory that argues that the media shapes and frames the processes and discourse of political communication as well as the society in which that communication takes place
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Multilevel politics in the international consolidation state brings about the mediatization and neutralization of domestic policies
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7 years, 7 months ago
Multilevel politics in the international consolidation state brings about the mediatization and neutralization of domestic policies
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7 years, 7 months ago
summitry
(en)
the act or practice of holding a summit meeting, especially to conduct diplomatic negotiations
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institutionalized summitry strengthens their hand vis-à-vis their parliaments and national interest groups
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7 years, 7 months ago
institutionalized summitry strengthens their hand vis-à-vis their parliaments and national interest groups
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7 years, 7 months ago
Chinese wall
(en)
a term borrowed from the financial industry to describe a barrier within an organisation to prevent communication that could lead to conflicts of interest
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the insertion of a Chinese wall between the economy and politics
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7 years, 7 months ago
the insertion of a Chinese wall between the economy and politics
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7 years, 7 months ago
in prospect
(en)
anticipated, expected
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The spending cuts in prospect will mainly affect [...]
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7 years, 7 months ago
The spending cuts in prospect will mainly affect [...]
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7 years, 7 months ago
sclerosis
(en)
a hardening of tissue and other anatomical features / becoming rigid and unresponsive; losing the ability to adapt
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the mechanism of structural sclerosis of public expenditure in the consolidation state
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7 years, 7 months ago
the mechanism of structural sclerosis of public expenditure in the consolidation state
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7 years, 7 months ago
Länder
(de)
word for land/countries, plural
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Germany was busy with rebuilding its new Eastern Länder
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7 years, 7 months ago
Germany was busy with rebuilding its new Eastern Länder
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7 years, 7 months ago