Tags: eurozone
Austerity Not Ended Yet
June 8th, 2013
in Op Ed, syndication
Written by Hilary Barnes ="font-size: medium;">The European Commission, possibly owing to pleading by France's President François Holland, possibly because the German government has changed its stance, or possibly on its own initiative, has eased the t… more »
Systemic Crisis 2013: Record Stock Exchange Highs, Imminent Plunge into Recession
May 31st, 2013
in Op Ed
by LEAP/Europe 2020, Leap2020.eu Despite a feeling of relative calm given by both the media and the American and Japanese financial markets going from record to record, the world economy is slowing down badly and a widespread recession is looming.… more »
Hollande's Growth Pitch Lacks Kick
May 26th, 2013
in Op Ed, syndication
Written by Hilary Barnes ="font-size: medium;">The shock-glory ("The King has spoken: the world has changed") front page of France's only national Sunday newspaper, Journal du Dimanche, proclaimed on May 19: "Hollande Champion of Europe". Really? Tim… more »
Excess German Savings, Not Thrift, Caused the European Crisis
May 24th, 2013
in Op Ed
by Michael Pettis, China Financial Marketsp> One of the reasons that it is been so hard for a lot of analysts, even trained economists, to understand the imbalances that were at the root of the current crisis is that we too easily confuse national s… more »
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 »
