Stefano Merlo

Fellow @LSEGovernment can Political Phil meet Economics? @EconUCL graduate. I love parmigiana and kites

[Stefano Merlo @StefanoMerlo1]

Here is my take on what we need to do to manage our shared and effective macroeconomic sovereignty in the #Eurozone

The paper takes a republican approach and argues for higher levels of cross border coordination between national parties: we cannot rely on intergovernmentalism!

[Political Studies @PolStudies]

Macroeconomic Sovereignty in the European Economic and Monetary Union - @StefanoMerlo1 takes a republican approach when examining the subject. Read in @PolStudies: https://t.co/MTnmjm9F0d

@SAGECQPolitics @PolStudiesAssoc @uniyorkpolitics #polsci

[Stefano Merlo @StefanoMerlo1]

The UK gov faces tough fiscal choices. But without a clear political vision, the only justification will be 'The OBR told us to'.

This limits our democratic imagination. We argued that Reeves is using the OBR the wrong way.

#UKPolitics #FiscalPolicy #OBR #Democracy

[LSE British Politics and Policy @LSEpoliticsblog]

💡Is the Office for Budget Responsibility anti-democratic? | British Politics and Policy at LSE

https://t.co/SdeZA4rmFh

[LSE Government @LSEGovernment]

With the budget fast approaching, join us for an #event with Office for Budget Responsibility speakers to talk about #UK #fiscal #pressures.

🪙 A Sustainable Leviathan? UK Finances in a Changing World
🗓️ Friday 17 October, 5.30pm to 7pm
📩Register now
https://t.co/cJXBo2FMF1

[Stefano Merlo @StefanoMerlo1]

@BenCrumNL @ppe_vu @hannahmchugh__ @uclspp @AlbertWeale @rpbellamy1 @KalypsoNicolaid Perhaps of interest for effective macroeconomic sovereignty researchers @jvtklooster @steffenmurau @DezernatZ @maxkrahe

[Stefano Merlo @StefanoMerlo1]

Here is my take on what we need to do to manage our shared and effective macroeconomic sovereignty in the #Eurozone

The paper takes a republican approach and argues for higher levels of cross border coordination between national parties: we cannot rely on intergovernmentalism!

[Political Studies @PolStudies]

Macroeconomic Sovereignty in the European Economic and Monetary Union - @StefanoMerlo1 takes a republican approach when examining the subject. Read in @PolStudies: https://t.co/MTnmjm9F0d

@SAGECQPolitics @PolStudiesAssoc @uniyorkpolitics #polsci

[Stefano Merlo @StefanoMerlo1]

Thanks to all that helped with their feedback and support! @BenCrumNL @ppe_vu @hannahmchugh__ @uclspp @AlbertWeale @rpbellamy1 @KalypsoNicolaid

[Stefano Merlo @StefanoMerlo1]

This second paper for @CRISPP_PolPhil applies some of these ideas to the EU

https://t.co/UTN1DYkJkc

[Stefano Merlo @StefanoMerlo1]

Public debt is on a constant upward trend - why not letting a board of economists decide how much the government should borrow each year?

In this podcast we discuss why this may be a tempting, but ultimately misguided idea. At least if you care about democracy!

#publicdebt

[UCL Political Science - School of Public Policy @uclspp]

🎙️ UCL Uncovering Politics 🎙️
Should experts set the fiscal rules? @StefanoMerlo1 joins @alanjrenwick in this week's podcast to talk about a fiscal council and how they would work in practice.
https://t.co/ofGpdWXsUv

[Stefano Merlo @StefanoMerlo1]

Here is the link to the papers on which this episode is based 🧐
https://t.co/gKsvlTeF4L

[Stefano Merlo @StefanoMerlo1]

As interest rate rise and banks struggle to adjust to QT we may well see more bailouts like Silicon Valley Bank's one.

Are there any (moral) problems with banks expecting a bailout or is this part of some kind of unavoidable state-finance nexus? 👇A short blog w/ @msalminen01 📢

[What To Do About Now @WhatToDoAboutN1]

Bankers and bailouts – a questionable love story. But when is risk-taking morally problematic? @StefanoMerlo1 and @msalminen01 look at the Silicon Valley Bank debacle and ask: What is moral about moral hazard?
https://t.co/HD4TwZ5BM7

[Aidan Regan @Aidan_Regan]

If you cannot see both of these situations as sickening, you've lost your humanity:

1. Killing innocent people at a music festival in Israel.

2. Killing innocent people and calling for a complete siege of impoverished people in the Gaza strip.

[Aidan Regan @Aidan_Regan]

The two things are compatible:

1. Acknowledge that Hamas is a vile and violent fundamentalist-Islamist Jihadi organization.

2. Acknowledge that the extreme right wing nationalist Israeli states’ violent and illegal occupation of Palestine must end for peace to prevail.

[Stefano Merlo @StefanoMerlo1]

@thomasnhale Congratulations Tom!

[Stefano Merlo @StefanoMerlo1]

@BenCrumNL @Amy_Verdun @JohnErikFossum looked at the political future of the European Economic Area and points out how the limitation this arrangement poses on states sovereignty has not sparked too much controversy or contestation in Norway despite the country’s self-perception as very democratic.

[Stefano Merlo @StefanoMerlo1]

Great First Panel at #ecprgr23 in a very sunny Prague!

[Stefano Merlo @StefanoMerlo1]

@BenCrumNL @Amy_Verdun Jasmin Zollmer zoomed in on the effect of mutual recognition in the EU single market on national policy making - great research!

[Zoe Gardner @ZoeJardiniere]

“If they really are refugees, why don’t they have to stay in the first safe country they reach?”

“Why don’t they just claim asylum in France?”

Here is my answer, once & for all. To Jonathan Gullis, and to everyone else who ever wondered.
#RefugeesWelcome

[Stefano Merlo @StefanoMerlo1]

@nyayacarya @PSEinfo Definitely, or better, hopefully! As soon as the thesis is ready to be sent I’ll book the Eurostar back :)