Papantoniou, Y., (2013), “The Re-Division of Europe”, Project Syndicate, 06 December. As the eurozone debt crisis has steadily widened the divide between Europe’s stronger northern economies and the weaker, more debt-laden economies in the south (with France a kind of no man’s land economy in between), one question is on everyone’s mind: Can Europe’s monetary union – indeed, the European Union itself – survive? While the eurozone’s northern members enjoy …Read More

Hatzis, A., (2013), “Greece’s Reforms Have Only Cracked the Surface”, The Wall Street Journal, 05 December. Last week Ángel Gurría, the secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, visited Athens to present the OECD’s latest economic survey of Greece. Since 2010, the report said, Greece “has made impressive headway in cutting its fiscal and external imbalances and implementing structural reforms to raise labor market flexibility and improve labor …Read More

Βαρουφάκης, Γ., (2013), “Η Πρόταση 4.0”, Protagon.gr, 18 Νοεμβρίου. Τρία χρόνια πέρασαν από την πρώτη εμφάνιση της πρότασής μας για το πώς είναι δυνατόν να επιλυθεί η Κρίση του Ευρώ εδώ στο protagon – υπό τον σύντομο τίτλο «Πρόταση» στα ελληνικά και «Modest Proposal for Resolving the Euro Crisis» στα αγγλικά («Μια Μετριοπαθής Πρόταση για την Επίλυση της Κρίσης του Ευρώ»). Από τότε έχει προσαρμοστεί αρκετές φορές (βλ. π.χ. 2.0 …Read More

Fouka, V. and Voth, H.J., (2013), “Massacre memories: German car sales and the EZ Crisis in Greece”, VoxEU, 23 Οκτωβρίου. The EZ crisis increased north-south conflicts between bailout providers and recipients – especially between Germany and Greece. This column shows evidence that political conflict directly translated into losses of market share for German car producers in Greece – especially in areas where German armed forces committed massacres during World War …Read More