Tags: europe
The Sick Man Is Europe
May 22nd, 2013
in Op Ed
by Dirk Ehnts, Econoblog101p> The Pew Global Attitudes Project has its annual report out. It confirms what all European already know: disillusionment with the way the European institutions function. Democracy is a nice word, but in Europe, it is not… more »
France and Pension Reform - A Sick Headache
May 19th, 2013
in Op Ed, syndication
Written by Hilary Barnes ="font-size: medium;">France has been given by the European Commission an extra two years to get its budget deficit down to 3 % of GDP, but on condition that it implements reforms that will improve its longer term budget outloo… more »
Europe: Spreading the Pain
May 15th, 2013
in Op Ed, syndication
by Adam Whitehead, KeySignals.com Like his former MIT colleague Stanley Fischer, Mario Draghi hinted that their former MIT colleague's "Helicopter" will soon be taking off, in his most recent ECB press conference; but was quick to opine that it won't b… more »
The Lessons of Reinhart/Rogoff for the Construction of Reality
April 25th, 2013
in Op Ed
by Dirk Ehnts, Econoblog101p> The recent scandal of the 90% debt to GDP ratio that supposedly would drive any economy into lower growth has highlighted the limits of knowledge and what passes for such. I think it is important to point out that if som… more »
Schumpeter On Manufactured Will
April 22nd, 2013
in Op Ed, syndication
by Dirk Ehnts, Econoblog101p> I am still wondering how it is possible that in Europe, more specifically, in the euro zone we are still in such a mess. Since I am working on a somewhat philosophical paper, I stumbled upon Schumpeter’s Capitalism, Soc… more »
