Immanuel Wallerstein

Immanuel Wallerstein, now at Yale University, has been president of theÂ International Sociological Association and head of the Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economies, Historical Systems a

The road to Europe: racing for the lifeboats

In July, amidst great drama, the Eurozone seemed to enact a political compromise, saving the euro as a single currency. Its effects on stabilisation are uncertain, but a Eurozone that is politically ‘less weak’ will do ‘less badly’ in the coming major collapse.

By Immanuel Wallerstein

/ 29 Aug 2011