George Irvin is a retired professor of economics and is currently Professorial Research Fellow in Development Studies at the University of London, SOAS. Full details of his CV, articles, op-eds and books are available at http://www.george.irvin.com. This blog covers contemporary economic and political issues relevant to the EU. His most recent books are Super-Rich (Polity press, 2008) and Regaining Europe (Palgrave, 2006).