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Europe’s White Shirt Hobo: A Lost Dream, and the Last Chance to Regain Ambition

As I survey the European Union in 2025, it comes across as a once-audacious project meant to match the United States in economic might. To me, that original blueprint, a shared currency, a vast market of 510 million, fluid workforce movement, and unified regulations , carried real potential. But fast-forward two decades, and what I … Continue reading Europe’s White Shirt Hobo: A Lost Dream, and the Last Chance to Regain Ambition →

The French Crisis in My Eyes: Assets, Wages, and the Choice of Civilization

Walking through the streets of Paris on September 18, 2025, I felt a powerful contradiction. More than 250 demonstrations had paralyzed railways, schools, and hospitals. Crowds shouted slogans for “higher wages” and “more subsidies.” Even teenagers were blocking the gates of their schools to join the protests. Amidst this roar of anger, another piece of … Continue reading The French Crisis in My Eyes: Assets, Wages, and the Choice of Civilization →

Right-Wing Cuts to Immigrant Welfare: My Economic and Civilizational Risk Assessment

In the midst of France’s political turmoil, I acknowledge the legitimacy of the right’s call for fiscal discipline, yet I’m deeply troubled. If a right-wing government makes “drastic cuts to welfare for Arab and African immigrants” its core strategy, this intuitive cost saving measure may seem decisive in the short term but risks triggering a … Continue reading Right-Wing Cuts to Immigrant Welfare: My Economic and Civilizational Risk Assessment →

From Freedom to Demography: How Europe Lost Sight of Its Own Promise

The more I think about it, the more I feel we are trapped in a “gaze” dilemma: policymakers look at aggregates, curves, and quarterly reports, yet fail to see the expressions on neighborhood streets, the processes inside factories, or the queues in schools and clinics. The EU’s original promise was the Four Freedoms, free movement … Continue reading From Freedom to Demography: How Europe Lost Sight of Its Own Promise →