- An FT survey of 32 leading eurozone economists found that most expected the European Central Bank to launch quantitative easing in 2015 – but they believed this would fail to boost growth and inflation
- France’s surging far-right National Front party, whose economic programme has been dubbed ‘Peronist Marxism’, is targeting traditional left-wing voters in industrial regions hit by Europe’s stagnation
- Morocco is exploiting the spectre of Isis, the fanatical Islamist militant group that controls swaths of Syria and Iraq, to roll back civil liberties
- The stark differences between Antonis Samaras and Alexis Tsipras will define the contours of the battleground as Greece heads to snap polls on January 25, a clash whose outcome will also affect Europe (Guardian)
- China’s Maoists ideologues have been buoyed by the traditionalist tilt of President Xi Jinping and internal decrees declaring open season on those deemed disloyal to Communist Party orthodoxy (New York Times)
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Smart Reads 5 January 2015
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