Articles

• Don't blame the euro
  With all the turbulence rocking the financial markets and the sharp drop in the euro’s exchange rate, you could almost forget that the single European currency has been quite a success.
  
• Going Dutch? Not So Fast! in The New York Times
  The Dutch welfare state isn’t as beneficial to low-skilled immigrants as it is to high-skilled workers like Mr. Shorto.
  
• Going Dutch? Not So Fast!
  NRC columnist Heleen Mees begs to disagree with Russell Shorto's raving article in The New York Times about the benefits of living in the Dutch welfare state.
• Does Legalizing Prostitution Work?
  Prostitution is virtually the only part of the personal services industry in the Netherlands that works.
  
• Why We Must Break The Male Cartel
  The past few weeks have offered some stunning samples of female leadership. Angela Merkel's jaw-dropping neckline.
  
• The Cost of the Gender Gap
  The wage disparity between men and women is more than unjust. It is also economically harmful.
• China Is Buying Europe
  While the West thought that free trade was going to spread democracy across the world, the opposite seems to be happening now.
• Beyond The Gender Gap
  To reap the full fruits of women’s talents, they must be in more top jobs.
• Europe’s Leisure Trap
  In Europe, black Saturday falls in the last weekend of July, when the Europeans set off in droves for their Mediterranean holiday destinations.
• Affirmative Action for Europe
  The brutal murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh have made Europe’s failure to integrate its minorities painfully clear (together with Rick van der Ploeg).