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Tag Archives: austerity
May 30 2017
How Portugal’s leaders exploited the bail out to pass measures they already supported
Comments Off on How Portugal’s leaders exploited the bail out to pass measures they already supportedBy Catherine Moury and Adam Standring During the Eurozone crisis, states receiving a bailout were required to implement spending cuts and other reforms in return for financial assistance. But to what extent did the governments of these states use the … Continue reading
Posted by: May 30, 2017
Tagged with: austerity, Bailout, domestic policy agenda, Eurozone crisis, portugal
May 1 2017
Greece: any better times or more pitfalls ahead?
Comments Off on Greece: any better times or more pitfalls ahead?By Lucas Juan Manuel Alonso Alonso In 2015, Greece, an EU state member since 1981 with a population of 10,846,979 people, recorded the highest level of GGD (General Government Gross Debt to GDP ratio) in the EU-28, at 176.9%. Concerning … Continue reading
Posted by: May 1, 2017
Tagged with: austerity, Greece, Grexit, humanitarian emergency
Mar 31 2017
We’ve triggered Article 50. Is this such a tragedy for Europe?
1 CommentBy Mary Kaldor It is now possible that new governments in France and Germany will respond to civil society pressure and do what is needed to change the EU, without being blocked by Britain. This is a very sad day … Continue reading
Posted by: March 31, 2017
Tagged with: article 50, austerity, Brexit, Neoliberalism, populism
Mar 3 2017
The Economics of Brexit Needn’t Be Quixotic: Towards a Green Industrial Strategy for Britain
Comments Off on The Economics of Brexit Needn’t Be Quixotic: Towards a Green Industrial Strategy for BritainBy Afzal S. Siddiqui and Max Hänska “Fortune is guiding our affairs better than we ourselves could have wished. Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to do battle with them and slay them. … Continue reading
Posted by: March 3, 2017
Tagged with: Afzal Siddiqui, austerity, Brexit, Green Energy, Industrial Strategy, renewable energy
Nov 15 2016
European Union’s Key Figures
Comments Off on European Union’s Key Figuresby Lucas Juan Manuel Alonso Alonso With the objective to draw some conclusions about macroeconomic stability and economic structure, this article examines for the 28 Member States of the European Union, the following aspects: GDP and AIC per capita, General … Continue reading
Posted by: November 15, 2016
Tagged with: austerity, economic data, Economics, GDP, macroeconomics, national debt
Jun 16 2016
Capitalism Today: The Austrian Presidential Election and the State of the Right and the Left in Europe
1 CommentBy Christian Fuchs Europe Today – Capitalism Today Europe is in a crisis. Capitalism’s contradictions resulted in a new world economic crisis that exploded in 2008. Governments have bailed out banks and have protected the rich and transnational corporations, while … Continue reading
Posted by: June 16, 2016
Tagged with: austerity, Euroscepticism, far-right, Neoliberalism, Socialism
Feb 18 2016
Socio-Economic reflections on the Euro Zone
Comments Off on Socio-Economic reflections on the Euro Zoneby Lucas Juan Manuel Alonso Alonso 1.Austerity Policy: Social Costs and Achievements Is it possible for Europe’s Mediterranean countries—considering the current and projected economic growth—to pay interest and debt amortization and, if so, at which cost? It would be interesting … Continue reading
Posted by: February 18, 2016
Tagged with: austerity, Bailout, debt crisis, Euro crisis, Europe, Greece, Quantitative easing
Oct 8 2015
Finnish competitiveness-raising policies and their discontents
Comments Off on Finnish competitiveness-raising policies and their discontentsBy Paul Jonker-Hoffren Although Finnish politics have been concerned about the country’s competitiveness for quite a while now, the public discussion reached a temporary climax with PM Juha Sipilä’s televised speech late September. In this widely discussed speech, he argues, … Continue reading
Posted by: October 8, 2015
Tagged with: austerity, media, Press, protests
Sep 25 2015
The Austerity Tortoise and the Keynesian Hare
Comments Off on The Austerity Tortoise and the Keynesian HareBy Douglas Bulloch Nobel-Laureate-Paul-Krugman recently used his New York Times column to instruct Grandmothers on the best method for removing the contents of intact eggs (hint: with a straw). But his reductive account of Keynesian economics merely obliges a response … Continue reading
Posted by: September 25, 2015
Tagged with: austerity, debt crisis, fiscal deficits, George Osborne, growth, Neo-Keynesian policies, Paul Krugman, unemployment rate
Jun 7 2015
Greece – Deal or no deal? Parameters of a decision
5 CommentsBy Max Hänska It appears to me that much of the ongoing discussion about the Greek debt talks misinterprets the parameters of the challenge, and the resulting (irreconcilable) disagreement. Some economists attribute the standoff to the unwillingness of creditors to accept economic facts (Greece … Continue reading