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The transatlantic democracy deficit

Foreign Policy
April 29, 2010

Europe’s financial difficulties were predictable, but they have been unfolding at a startling clip. This has brought out different reactions in different commentators. Paul Krugman, for example, is preparing to hide under a table. I am no less impressed by the potential for disaster, but I am also struck by the undemocratic nature of major deliberations in Europe and by parallels here in the United States.
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