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EU and Monopoly on Violence

The shape of Europe’s future political system is being decided right now.

Sep 24 • 

Martin Sustrik

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The Dutch are Working Four Days a Week

Famously, a hundred years ago Keynes predicted that by now people would be working just fifteen hours a week.

Sep 13 • 

Martin Sustrik

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Immigration to Poland

The discourse on immigration to Europe is dominated by the migrants from Middle East and Africa in countries such as France, Britain or Germany.

Sep 8 • 

Martin Sustrik

4

August 2025

European Links (15.08.25)

Euthanasia, c-sections, doppler effect and urban river swimming.

Aug 15 • 

Martin Sustrik

2

Civil Service: a Victim or a Villain?

Dominic Cummings and Jennifer Pahlka are both unhappy about the civil service.

Aug 7 • 

Martin Sustrik

2

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July 2025

The Cult of Pain

Europe just experienced a heatwave.

Jul 5 • 

Martin Sustrik

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June 2025

May 2025

How Epistemic Collapse Looks from Inside

There’s a story — I'm at a conference and cannot access my library, but I believe it comes from Structural Anthropology by Claude Lévi-Strauss — about…

May 31 • 

Martin Sustrik

Meditations on Doge

Lessons from shutting down institutions in Eastern Europe.

May 25 • 

Martin Sustrik

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Laugencroissant

EU policy is driven mostly by the member states, so looking at what national leaders say is often more useful than what the Commission, which has every…

May 22 • 

Martin Sustrik

3

European Links (18.05.25)

Estonia, CPTPP, Pope, Britain.

May 18 • 

Martin Sustrik

1

From Comments on Accountability Sinks

There was a lot of comments on the original article about accountability sinks. People seem to feel strongly about human judgement being replaced by…

May 15 • 

Martin Sustrik

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