The Perils of Prosperity

Issue Date January 2000
Volume 11
Issue 1
Page Numbers 135-141
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About the Author

João Carlos Espada is the founder and director of the Institute for Political Studies at the Catholic University of Portugal. From 2011 to 2013, he held the European Parliament/Bronisław Geremek European Civilisation Chair at the College of Europe, Natolin (Warsaw).

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