Protest and Nationalism in Eastern Europe

By Edward Harrison On Jan 15, 2012

Since the possibility of further social tensions leading to nationalism is something on my radar screen, I thought I would post these videos from Euronews and Al Jazeera. In a good economy, these issues are nothing to get concerned about. But in a bad economy, especially one wracked by austerity and unemployment, tensions will have political consequences.

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Edward Harrison is a senior Editor at Bloomberg. He is also the founder of Credit Writedowns newsletter, a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty five years of business experience. He speaks six languages and reads another five, skills he uses to provide a more global perspective. Edward holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.

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Anonymous says 13 years ago

The Latvian issue with Russian speakers has been an issue since independence. The rise of Jobbik shows that unless there are large fiscal transfers within the EU it will lead to a rise of extremism.

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