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. 

briandbutler@gmail.com

LinkedIn.com/in/briandbutler

www.globotrends.com

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”