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Caputalism: Will Capitalism Die?

Misik, Robert, (2016), “Caputalism: Will Capitalism Die? “,  Social Europe Journal, 12 Ιανουαρίου. The fact that western capitalism is in a severe crisis is now so commonplace that it’s become almost a cliché. In 2008 the global financial system stood on the brink of collapse and the rescue measures undertaken by panic-stricken governments will burden their economies for years to come. Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις Hodgson, Geoffrey, (2015), “Conceptualizing Capitalism-Institutions, Evolution, Future”, …Read More

How Alexis Tsipras Has Overplayed His Hand

Arvanitis,  Alexios, (2016), “How Alexis Tsipras Has Overplayed His Hand”, Social Europe Journal, 12 Ιανουαρίου It has been almost a year since the 25th of January 2015, when Alexis Tsipras became the first elected Prime Minister of a radical Left government in Europe. During the past year he has been in constant negotiations with the rest of Europe to mitigate the demands for austerity measures and at the same time …Read More

Poland Needs an Independent Central Bank

Bloombeg View, (2016), “Poland Needs an Independent Central Bank”, 11 Ιανουαρίου In the two months since it won an absolute majority in parliament, Poland’s Law and Justice Party has seemed more intent on achieving something close to absolute power. Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις Wyplosz, Charles, (2015), “Grexit: The staggering cost of central bank dependence”, Voxeu, 29 Ιουνίου Merler, S. (2014) “Shrinking times – ECB excess liquidity falls below €100 billion”, Bruegel Think Tank, 24 …Read More

Getting eurozone deposit insurance right promises benefits

Wolff, Guntram, (2016), “Getting eurozone deposit insurance right promises benefits”, Bruegel, 5 Ιανουαρίου The European Commission presented its proposals for European deposit insurance last November. Officials hope to stabilise the banking system and decouple banks’ financing costs from the solvency of their host states. This would achieve the original aim of Banking Union: to break the link between states and their banking systems. Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις Gros, Daniel, Belke, Ansgar, (2015), …Read More

Designing tax policy in high-evasion economies

Best, Michael, Brockmeyer, Anne, Kleven, Henrik, Spinnewijn, Johannes, Waseem, Mazhar, (2016) “Designing tax policy in high-evasion economies”, VoxEU, 5 Ιανουαρίου Developing economies are characterised by low tax revenue and widespread tax evasion. This column assesses what tax policy instruments governments should use to raise revenue. Optimal tax policy in developing countries may diverge from what is prescribed in standard textbook models. A turnover tax, for instance, is known to distort …Read More

The Great Malaise Continues

Stiglitz, Joseph, (2016), “The Great Malaise Continues”, Project Syndicate, 3 Ιανουαρίου The year 2015 was a hard one all around. Brazil fell into recession. China’s economy experienced its first serious bumps after almost four decades of breakneck growth. The eurozone managed to avoid a meltdown over Greece, but its near-stagnation has continued, contributing to what surely will be viewed as a lost decade. Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις Dixon, H. (2014) “A New …Read More

How the Fed Just Reduced Inequality

Friedman, Alexander, (2015), “How the Fed Just Reduced Inequality”, Project Syndicate, 16 Δεκεμβρίου The US Federal Reserve has finally done it, raising interest rates for the first time in almost a decade. The ramifications for interest-rate spreads, emerging-market equities, and housing demand, among much else, are the subject of widespread debate. But, as markets learn to cope with a less accommodative monetary policy, there could be an important silver lining, …Read More

Non-performing loans in Italy and selected European countries

Berger, Bennet, (2015), “Non-performing loans in Italy and selected European countries”, Bruegel publications, 18 Δεκεμβρίου Fears of a banking crisis in Italy are surfacing after four small Italian banks were rescued in November.The rescue plan involves transferring the banks’ bad loans to a single bad bank. Non-performing loans (NPLs), loans in default or close to being in default, continue to raise doubts about the health of the banking sector in …Read More

The aftermath of the Greek Elections: Who voted for who?

Bougioukos, Vasileios, Casey, Bernard, (2015), “The aftermath of the Greek Elections: Who voted for who?”, Lse blog, 7 Δεκεμβρίου Of course, the main story, apart from the fact that Syriza won, was that more people than ever before didn’t vote at all. Abstention reached a record level of 44 per cent.Nonetheless, and especially in the light of the HO seminar of 24 November where who voted for Golden Dawn (GD) and why was …Read More

Old Wine In New Bottles: The Economic Priorities Of The European Commission In 2016

Schuster, Joachim, (2015), “Old Wine In New Bottles: The Economic Priorities Of The European Commission In 2016”, Social Europe Journal, 4 Δεκεμβρίου A new annual cycle of EU economic policy coordination – aka the European Semester – has begun with the European Commission’s (EC) latest Annual Growth Survey (AGS). The AGS sets out the EC’s views on the EU’s social and economic priorities and provides the building blocks for the …Read More