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PoliticsCoalition governments are collapsing because the rules of compromise no longer fit the media age
Coalition governments across Europe are experiencing unprecedented instability. The culprit is not voter polarisation but a structural mismatch between coalition management and the modern information environment that demands instant justification of every compromise.
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TrendingOpinionCentral bank independence is crumbling from within, not without
Independent monetary authorities once commanded deference through technical mystique and carefully managed communication. That era is ending not because politicians have become more aggressive, but because the intellectual consensus underpinning central bank independence has fractured.
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All Opinion →TrendingOpinionCentral bank independence is crumbling from within, not without
Independent monetary authorities once commanded deference through technical mystique and carefully managed communication. That era is ending not because politicians have become more aggressive, but because the intellectual consensus underpinning central bank independence has fractured.
TrendingOpinionCentral bank independence is crumbling from within, not without
Independent monetary authorities once commanded deference through technical mystique and carefully managed communication. That era is ending not because politicians have become more aggressive, but because the intellectual consensus underpinning central bank independence has fractured.
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