PART #2 WELCOME TO BARCELONA, CATALONIA, SPAIN
WELCOME TO THE …EU!!
Introduction to the European Union
Prof. Brian Butler
Prof. Brian David Butler
About: Brian Butler is a professor of International Finance and European Studies with Forum-Nexus Study Abroad, an academic program which is co-sponsored by the IQS Business School of the Ramon Llull University in Barcelona, and the Catholic University of Milan.
Brian was previously a teacher at the Thunderbird School of Global Management, MBA program in Miami, and was a researcher at the Columbia Business School in New York. In Brazil, Brian has taught at FBV in Recife.
He previously worked for Honda of America Manufacturing in Ohio, and was involved in international trade.
LinkedIn.com/in/briandbutler
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Student introductions
emails - Did you send? email… include: Session? Grad /
undergrad? POL/ SOC / BUSSo I can: email you the extra reading assignments
Wed…Form groups / teams
my slides:
www.slideshare.net/briandbutler
Rules / Expectations:
Request Closed book, open mind, Please turn off
everything except your minds…I want your full attention – this is a “participatory” class
No sleeping (if you feel tired, please stand up, go get some water, come back)
no laptops (sorry) No blackberries, no iPhones, no
iPads, etc, etc…
DISCUSSION
Travel advice
questions
Have you noticed how LATE Spaniards stay up?
When do they sleep?Recommendations…
DISCUSSION
Spain
What’s going on in Spain?
Articles read? Observations?
What have you noticed? (different, interesting)
comments
Lunch hourDinner“nap time”?
REVIEW LAST CLASS,
GUEST LECTUREINT’L IQ
review
Last class we discussed:
“Nationalism is dangerous” (in European setting)
Q. What was this about? Is “nationalism” dangerous? Why?
Last class we discussed:
Last night was 4th of July, a national holiday for Americans. Did anyone celebrate?
Q Is US “nationalism” different? Safer?
Other famous days:
What does September 11th mean to you?
What do you think it means for Catalonians?
The OTHER September 11th
The “national” day celebration in Catalonia.
With fireworks, parties, celebration
Q. What do you think they are celebrating?
The OTHER September 11th
Celebrating – LOSS of independence to centralized Spain
Is there anywhere else that celebrates the LOSS of independence?
Notes;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Barcelona
Notes;
“The war's end in 1714, with the surrender of the pro-Archduke forces to a Franco-Spanish army, marks a two century long period of greater suppression of Catalan autonomy that mirrored the greater centralization of the various monarchies of the European continent. With the War of the Spanish Succession completed, Spain evolved from a de facto unified kingdom to a centralizedde jure one. The defenders of the city were buried in a cemetery, now a plaza, Fossar de les Moreres, where Catalans gather every 11 September.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Barcelona
Review (CONTINUED):
We talked about “EU vs US attitudes toward “equality”.
Explain the differences, and why important…
Review:
EU vs US attitudes toward “equality.
US – equal opportunity. EU – equality of living quality
Review;
Q. would US accept EU version of socialized health care? Pension? Social benefits?
Why / not?
Review:
There are 3 capitals of the EU.
Where?Why ?
Attitudes toward “state”
Q. Is European social model collapsing?
If so, why?
questions
Q. Should leaders listen more to protests? (Who might be demanding social welfare which is no longer affordable)
If you give in to POPULISM in Europe... Is that DANGEROUS? With history of war, hatred, Nazism, fascism, etc...
notes
EU as “elite” project“not democratic” = right! No votes for further enlargement, integration
Why? Why did leaders lead toward integration IN SPITE of popular opinion AGAINST integration?
notes
Eu as “peace project”Q. Is war “natural state” in Europe?
Q. Why is “nationalism” dangerous?
Discuss – sports rivalries, 4th July celebration, France v Germany
Review & discussion
Review Dr. Carlos M lecture
Make sure you know
Difference between:Free trade area:Custom union / Common MarketEconomic and Political Union
Not going to review today, read notes
Question
“If you have common market… does it make sense to have different currencies?”
Question
… “imagine you go to shopping mall… depending on which area… have different currencies… and if currencies change every hour….. crazy.”
Spain – History -
Make sure you know….What happened around these dates in Spain & EU: 1936-39 1939-45 1939-75 1977 1986 1992 1999
Not going to review today, read notes
Review & discussion
Review International IQ
Explain…
“Heart of EU... Politically, economically. Was and still is... Alliance France + Germany
“UK was and still is = outsider”
Q. WHAT DID HE MEAN BY THIS?
Explain…
Frictions ...France, UKFrance never considered UK a real EU country... Still doesn’t
EXPLAIN
Explain…
Q. What does the term “Eurosceptics” refer to?
Explain…
Q. What are the three regions of Spain HH asked you to remember?
Regions in Spain
Regions in Spain:Catalonia, Basque country, Andalusia
WHERE LOCATED?
Intro
Spain intro
Spain
Bienvenido a España!
“United in diversity” http://bookshop.europa.eu
Question
Where are we?Are we in “Spain?”• What have you noticed about the language?• What do people from here say?
Who can summarize the introduction – speech from dr. Carlos (from the opening ceremony) regarding Spain and Catalonia?
Historically, why are these mountains important to Spain (war, “cut off” etc)
Economist Intelligence Unit, Country Report, Spain, June 2010
Where are the major regions of Spain? - Industrial? Government? Tourism?
Economist Intelligence Unit, Country Report, Spain, June 2010
Next questions:
1. Which regions richest? Poorest?
2. Where is unemployment highest?
Spain – today
Make sure you know the main cities
Bilbao = NORTH!! – Basque country
Barcelona – NE port city, near France, Mediterranean
Madrid – center, capital
Sevilla – south, university town)
(8th–15th centuries)“Medieval
Spain was the scene of almost constant warfare between Muslims and Christians.”
What happened around 1492? Which city was the “most” important?
The port of Sevilla in the 1500s. As required by law, all trade with the colonies in the Americas went through this port.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_Spain
Question: If Portugal gets its own country… should Catalonia?
Questions (review from Carlos M lectures)
Q. When was Spanish Civil War? (approx)
Q. What happened just before the Civil War? Right After? (in Spain, in Europe?)
Spain - History
What happened around these dates in Spain & EU:
36-39 civil war39-45 wwii39-75 Franco77 – 1st electionsThen allowed to apply86 – joinCommon market 92 (so Spain entered in
timely )Common currency 99
Questions:
1. WWI - 1914-1918 (70 million fighting, 9 million
combatants killed, more civilians)
2. WWII – 1939-’45 (more than 100 military personnel
mobilized, 50-70 million fatalities, including 40-52 million civilians, 13-20 from disease and famine)
Cold War – 1946-1991Source: wikipedia
The dictatorship of Francisco Franco (1936–1975)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Spain
In 1936 (just after the Great Depression)…. Spain was plunged into a bloody civil war. The war ended in a nationalist dictatorship, led by Francisco Franco which controlled the Spanish government until 1975. Spain was officially neutral during World War II, although many Spanish volunteers fought on both sides.
Spain remained officially neutral in World Wars I and II, but suffered through a devastating Civil War (1936–1939). During Franco's rule, Spain remained largely economically and culturally isolated from the outside world, but began to catch up economically with its European neighbors.
The death of Franco in 1975 resulted in the return of the monarchy headed by Prince Juan Carlos.
Civil War – to dictatorship
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Spain
he war, which cost between 300,000 to 1,000,000 lives, ended with the destruction of the Republic and the accession of Francisco Franco as dictator of Spain.
Franco amalgamated all the right wing parties into a reconstituted Falange and banned the left-wing and Republican parties and trade unions.
The conduct of the war was brutal on both sides, with massacres of civilians and prisoners being widespread. After the war, many thousands of Republicans were imprisoned and up to 151,000 were executed between 1939 and 1943. Many other Republicans remained in exile for the entire Franco period.
Dictatorship
Q. As result of Dictatorship, for how long was Spain basically ISOLATED country?
When did Spain join the EU (EEC)?
Dictatorship
How many countries were members at the time Spain joined?
Was Spain a net contributor or beneficiary of funds at the time? How about now?
The dictatorship of Francisco Franco (1936–1975)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Spain
In 1936 (just after the Great Depression)…. Spain was plunged into a bloody civil war. The war ended in a nationalist dictatorship, led by Francisco Franco which controlled the Spanish government until 1975. Spain was officially neutral during World War II, although many Spanish volunteers fought on both sides.
Spain remained officially neutral in World Wars I and II, but suffered through a devastating Civil War (1936–1939). During Franco's rule, Spain remained largely economically and culturally isolated from the outside world, but began to catch up economically with its European neighbors.
The death of Franco in 1975 resulted in the return of the monarchy headed by Prince Juan Carlos.
Civil War – to dictatorship
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Spain
he war, which cost between 300,000 to 1,000,000 lives, ended with the destruction of the Republic and the accession of Francisco Franco as dictator of Spain.
Franco amalgamated all the right wing parties into a reconstituted Falange and banned the left-wing and Republican parties and trade unions.
The conduct of the war was brutal on both sides, with massacres of civilians and prisoners being widespread. After the war, many thousands of Republicans were imprisoned and up to 151,000 were executed between 1939 and 1943. Many other Republicans remained in exile for the entire Franco period.
Spanish Civil War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
The ruins of Guernica after the bombing.
Spanish Civil War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernica_(painting)
Guernica is a painting by Pablo Picasso, in response to the bombing of Guernica, Basque Country, by German and Italian warplanes at the behest of the Spanish Nationalist forces, on 26 April 1937, during the Spanish Civil War.
Course introduction
Ok, enough about history (for now)…
SPAIN
CRISIS ISSUES
Key points to highlight…
1. Dual structure – labor market▫ Who can explain?▫ Why important for crisis?
2. Dual structure – banking market▫ Banks / cajas (caixas)▫ Who can explain?▫ Why important for crisis?
▫ EXAM material!!
Questions
Should a country make laws that make it easier to fire people? Should labor laws protect workers from being fired? Is one week notice enough? Does the company need to justify “why” they fire you?
Questions
If you were an owner of a company… would you be MORE or LESS willing to hire a worker… if you knew it was DIFFICULT to lay them off during recession?
Questions
Unintended consequences…
What might be the results of strict labor-laws? (on labor markets in Spain, other EU)
Questions
Jobless recovery“structural” unemploymentLaw of “unintended consequences”
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