Venieris, D., (2013), “Crisis Social Policy and Social Justice: the Case for Greece”, Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe, No. 69, April. This paper explores the potential contribution of social justice and social policy for an equitable recovery from the crisis in the case of Greece. The first part discusses some theoretical dimensions of social justice focusing on its interrelation with social policy. Social justice is a contested …Read More
Τέταρτη Τριμηνιαία Έκθεση της Ομάδας Δράσης της Επιτροπής για την Ελλάδα
Ομάδα Δράσης της Επιτροπής για την Ελλάδα (2013), Τέταρτη Τριμηνιαία Έκθεση, Απρίλιος. Στην έκθεση περιγράφεται η συνδρομή που παρέχουν η Ομάδα Δράσης, τα κράτη μέλη, διεθνείς οργανισμοί και άλλοι ειδικοί φορείς ώστε να στηρίξουν την Ελλάδα κατά την εφαρμογή του συνολικού προγράμματος μεταρρυθμίσεων. Εδώ περιλαμβάνονται: · Μεταρρύθμιση της κεντρικής διοίκησης: επανεξετάστηκε η οργάνωση των περισσοτέρων υπουργείων – που αντιπροσωπεύουν προσωπικό περίπου 206.000 ατόμων. Η επανεξέταση αυτή άνοιξε το δρόμο για …Read More
How Germany Benefits from the Euro in Economic Terms
Petersen, Thieß, (2013), “How Germany Benefits from the Euro in Economic Terms”, Bertelsmann Stiftung, 29 Απριλίου. There can be no doubt about the fact that Germany benefits from the euro in a significant number of ways. For example, monetary union membership helps to reduce the cost of international trade, and provides protection against excessive exchange rate volatility. This means that even if Germany had to write off a large percentage …Read More
Youth unemployment-Does the EU care about it’s future?
Dheret, Claire, (2013), “Youth unemployment-Does the EU care about it’s future?” , European Policy Centre Publications, Policy Brief, April 2013. Youth unemployment levels in Europe are hitting new highs: more than 5.7 million (23.6%) young people in the European Union (EU) were without a job in January 2013. These figures, and more generally the growing number of NEETs (young people not in employment, education or training), pose a serious challenge …Read More
European austerity: Turn or TINA?
Tilford, Simon, (2013), “European austerity: Turn or TINA?”, www.cer.org.uk, 25 Απριλίου. Will European governments reverse the austerity course that has done so much to damage their already enfeebled economies? With the revelation of mathematical errors in the work of two Harvard economists, Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff – who had claimed to show that economic growth falls off a cliff once a country’s ratio of debt to GDP reaches 90 …Read More
Debt, Growth and the Austerity Debate
Reinhart, Carmen, Rogoff, Kenneth, (2013), “Debt, Growth and the Austerity Debate”, The New York Times, 25 Απριλίου. In May 2010, we published an academic paper, “Growth in a Time of Debt.” Its main finding, drawing on data from 44 countries over 200 years, was that in both rich and developing countries, high levels of government debt — specifically, gross public debt equaling 90 percent or more of the nation’s annual …Read More
Should Germany Exit the Euro?
Sinn, Hans-Werner, (2013), “Should Germany Exit the Euro?” , www.project-syndicate.org, 23 Απριλίου. Last summer, the financier George Soros urged Germany to agree to the establishment of the European Stability Mechanism, calling on the country to “lead or leave.” Now he says that Germany should exit the euro if it continues to block the introduction of Eurobonds. Soros is playing with fire. Leaving the eurozone is precisely what the newly founded …Read More
Is the euro crisis responsible for populism?
Barysch, Katinka, (2013), “Is the euro crisis responsible for populism?” , Centre for European Reform, 19 Απριλίου. Populists and extremists are on the rise across Europe. Even Germany is now seeing the rise of a eurosceptic party. The euro crisis is the reason for growing political risk in the eurozone. Or is it? True, populist parties are more important in several euro countries. But the reasons for this are manifold …Read More
Principles of a Two-Tier European Deposit (Re-) Insurance System
Gros, Daniel, (2013), “Principles of a Two-Tier European Deposit (Re-)Insurance System”, CEPS Policy Brief, N. 287. There is general agreement that banking supervision and resolution have to be organized at the same level. It is often argued, however, that there is no need to tackle deposit insurance because it is too politically sensitive. This note proposes to apply the principles of subsidiarity and re-insurance to deposit insurance: Existing national deposit …Read More
Ελβετικό θαύμα; Πέρα από την σοκολάτα, το τυρί και τις τράπεζες
Benedikter, Roland και Kaelin, Lukas, (2013), “Ελβετικό θαύμα; Πέρα από την σοκολάτα, το τυρί και τις τράπεζες” , Foreign Affairs – The Hellenic Edition, 11 Απριλίου. Ολόκληρη η Ευρώπη φαίνεται να είναι σε οικονομική και πολιτική κρίση. Αλλά υπάρχει μια μικρή περιοχή ηρεμίας στον πυρήνα της ηπείρου: η Ελβετία. Παρά το γεγονός ότι πολλά από αυτά που κάνουν την χώρα επιτυχημένη δεν θα υιοθετούνταν από την υπόλοιπη Ευρώπη, τα τμήματα …Read More