Adam Posen on Europe's future from a US perspective

[@jacobwhite9006]

I can listen to Adam Posen all day long... he just makes sense...

[@Dear_Mr._Isaiah_Deringer]

He also has a nice tempus and storytelling characteristics in his voice.

[@KrlKngMrtssn]

I am a millennial. I was raised in a Europe with no borders and I speak fluently seven European languages. There's no alternative for me but to love Europe more than anything in the world.

[@tizianae]

✌️

[@ebanfield]

I love Europe too, but the EU is not Europe.

[@twil2212]

WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW!!!!

[@KrlKngMrtssn]

@no clue your name says it all

[@YouD0ntSay]

@no clue You post perfectly describes brexit-britain, reacting to complex socio-economic and geo-strategic changes and challenges purely in the basis of emotions. And see where it is going.

[@lucius1976]

That guy really knows stuff. Really like how he rips apart Brexiteers and Trumpists

[@andrewdavis7017]

Which means he either has a bias. so nothing he says can be counted as fact merely his opinion no matter how learned he may be. Or you are only hearing what you want to hear so you can comfort yourself that everyone who voted for Brexit or Trump are uneducated stupid and xenophobic. Which in your head gives you the moral high ground above them so whatever reason they give for voting the way they did can be discredited by people like you out of hand without you having to ask yourself why. So suck it up buttercup just because people don't share your world view Because they see it from a different prospective doesn't necessarily make them wrong or indeed stupid

[@johnrobinson4445]

He is lucid, down-to-earth, and correct. Love his discussions.

[@matthewallan1619]

@@andrewdavis7017 Boy, that's a lot of words for saying nothing..

[@spencertherren6806]

How do you like Joe Bidens American economy.?

[@marisastefani985]

He is not a dreamer, he knows the reality and the consequences.

[@anarcho-braut522]

This speech could have been mine. Clearly, somebody who has done his homework (which requires a lot of READING). Clearly, well-meaning activists should stop promoting referrendums as "the better way to rule". On the long run, many countries in Western Europe has managed to bring intelligent experts into key positions whose sense of community led to an improvement of living conditions for their citizens (I am talking about the Netherlands, Denmark, Luxemburg, France and Germany). I am not so sure about Austria. The reason why some of European states are still close to crisis is also to be seen in the way they select and educate their civil servants.

[@ioanasingureanu]

The idea that 'if you have the power, you should exercise it" should be heard by all the politicians who managed to win against dangerous right-wing forces. Cameron caved instead of standing up to those forces... Britain will suffer for a generation...

[@noreply9034]

In contrast John Major, the strongest UK PM I ever saw (including Thatcher), stood up to them - even publicly naming them "bastards". Even when running a minority government for a sustained period (itself unique in UK history), he wouldn't give in to the blackmail. I believe Major also is the only non-wartime PM the Queen has ever knighted - which itself is fascinating, though we'll never know precisely why...

[@ronantonio3631]

I liked what Posen had to say. The only thing objective was the audio. There were times when not only it was difficult to hear and I couldn't make it louder. Doesn't anyone check this stuff out before putting it on UTUBE?

[@michaelmegale1589]

He is an example of why Economics has been called the "Dismal Science". Let's remember Economics is ultimately best guesses .....

[@timperry6948]

2 milkion years of evolution made us hunter-gatherers who lived in small bands. A few thousand years of partial civilization is not going to change our tribal nature.

[@paulrosa6173]

Posner effectively said he disbelieves the role of the popular vote (@ about 12:30) in his view of the primacy of economics over all other concerns. That's a very Chinese attitude. He said something I can't hear very well - "time to discount the working Joe?" I don't think Trump does more than pander to the working joe. Posner criticizes Trump economic policies on other videos but essentially holds the voters of this country in contempt. Anyone who had doubts about the sincerity of the wars of the past 18 years has only to watch this man to see proof of their suspicions.

[@ravindertalwar553]

LIFE IS JUST TO LOVE AND TO BE LOVED ❤️ LOVE ALONE WILL CONQUER THE WORLD

[@davidjohnson-pz2df]

Old News ??? BUT HIGHLY Pertinant

[@nudgenudgewinkwink3212]

There has no such thig as a "pan european culture", There is 50 countries in "europe" and half as many languages.

[@YouD0ntSay]

You are right and wrong at the same time. You are right that there are many different cultures in Europe, and there always will be. It is important to foster these cultures, as we do in our EU, as they give identity and self-awareness. It is also important for Europeans to learn about the different cultures, as understanding creates respect. If you know about your neighbours culture, it's difficult not to understand, and even more difficult not to respect them. But you are completely wrong that there isn't a common European culture as well, because the two exist next to each other. The peoples of Europe are interconnected by centuries of common history, and not all was bad. We often discuss our many wars, but what about our languages, music, literature and art which are often merging into and evolving from each other. Today's nation states belonged together for centuries. Look at the histories of Austria in relation to Bavaria, and later to Hungary, or Bavaria to Germany. Look at the composer Joseph Haydn who was born in today's Austria, when this was still part of the Holy Roman Empire run by dynasties that you today would call German, but no German nation state existed. And yet, Joseph Haydn was educated in Italy and what today is Czech republic, he worked in what is today Hungary and created his most famous woks at the English Court in London, where he even considered to acquire citizenship and settle. A 21-year young "German" lad who was very talented and who went by the name of Ludwig van Beethoven became Haydn's pupil. To say there isn't a European culture is not only false, it is also entirely ignorant of the facts of history. It is today's nation states and their nationalism that is anachronistic. Our culture was always as much European as it was German, Austrian, Polish or Czech. The English and their culture are basically "German" saxons that went to Britain, were mixed with "French" Norman's and "Italian" Romans. The language by court in London was French, and the English language is nothing but a mixture of French and German, but with the complicated bits taken out. Or why do you think it is that we all find it so easy to learn English, while you find our languages so difficult to acquire? The English Royal Family had no problem to be called Sachsen-Coburg until ww2, when they chose the phantasy name of Windsor. They are decendents of the same European dynasties that ran Europe for a thousand years, and you wouldn't be wrong to call them German.

[@paulrosa6173]

excuse me.Posen. But who does he define as working people? I'm usually a liberal democrat but this guy turns my stomach.

[@64HomeMade]

The vast Brexit majority of 52% imposing it's will on the 48%. Thanks.

[@Don-Coyote-De-Transylvania]

Are you happy with the disaster of brexit?

[@64HomeMade]

@@Don-Coyote-De-Transylvania it's just one of those " I told you so moments". Some English people stuck with the belief that we still have an empire 😆😆. The cruel side of me says yeah I'm happy with this balls up.

[@Don-Coyote-De-Transylvania]

@@64HomeMade It was too low for UK to stay at the same table with countries like Italy, Spain, Greece, not to mention Romania or Bulgaria. After owning 1/4 of the world, being just a member of EU was degrading for UK.

[@64HomeMade]

@@Don-Coyote-De-Transylvania yeah so demeaning for the uk, particularly the English. Scotland and North Ireland voted to remain.

[@leonardniamh]

Yes absolutely an American point of view Arrogance