Miguel Glatzer is an Associate Professor of Political Science at La Salle University, USA, and co-directs the Lasallian Forum on Politics and Policy. He is also a member of the research group in economic and social history at the School of Economics and Management of the University of Lisbon, Portugal. His research focuses on social welfare and the Catholic church, taxation and redistribution, labor market policy, globalization and welfare state development, the European sovereign debt crisis, financial literacy, and immigration policy.