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Tag Archives: debt crisis
Mar 4 2016
Argentina debt restructuring deal – 15 years too late!
6 CommentsBy Kanad Bagchi On 28th February 2016, Argentina finally reached a settlement with the rest of its holdout creditors lead by Elliot Management in what is being hailed as ‘historic’ signalling the return of Argentina to international bond markets. While … Continue reading
Posted by: March 4, 2016
Tagged with: Argentina, Creditors, debt crisis, Debt restructuring, debt sustainability, default, Eurozone, IMF, Sovereign Debt, sovereign debt crisis
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
UN General Assembly resolution on Basic Principles on Debt Restructuring Processes: a first step towards a global state bankruptcy regime?
Comments Off on UN General Assembly resolution on Basic Principles on Debt Restructuring Processes: a first step towards a global state bankruptcy regime?By Kanad Bagchi In what was hailed as a ‘historic’ move, the United Nations General Assembly (“GA”) adopted its resolution concerning Basic Principles on Sovereign Debt Restructuring Processes on 10th September 2015 (“resolution”), despite persistent opposition from several member countries, … Continue reading
Posted by: October 8, 2015
Tagged with: debt crisis, Debt restructuring
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
Jul 7 2015
Grexit remains unlikely, but time is against the Greek government
Comments Off on Grexit remains unlikely, but time is against the Greek governmentBy Lorenzo Codogno Eurozone finance ministers met today (Tuesday 7 July) to discuss the Greek debt crisis following the country’s ‘No’ vote in its bailout referendum on 5 July. While a Grexit remains unlikely, the risks have clearly increased since … Continue reading
Posted by: July 7, 2015
Tagged with: debt crisis, ECB, Greece, Greek Referendum, Grexit, Structural reform
May 22 2015
Are Italian Public Debt Forecasts Too Optimistic?
1 CommentBy Giuseppe Bianchimani Italy, a history of large public debt Italy has the third largest stock of public debt in the world, the second in the euro zone next to Greece and the highest debt service ratio in the G7. … Continue reading
Posted by: May 22, 2015
Tagged with: debt crisis, debt-to-GDP ratio, Euro, Eurozone, growth, Italian economy, Italian public debt
Feb 11 2015
The Greek Government’s programme: an act of defiance or a call for compromise?
Comments Off on The Greek Government’s programme: an act of defiance or a call for compromise?By Eleftherios Antonopoulos & Konstantinos Kostagiannis International media described the Greek prime minister’s address to the parliament on Sunday as “defiant” (BBC and Reuters for example). Yet, what emerged from the speech was a mildly coherent attempt to bridge the … Continue reading
Posted by: February 11, 2015
Tagged with: ANEL, austerity, debt crisis, Euro, fiscal policy, Foreign policy, SYRIZA
Jan 31 2014
Do We Want to Solve the Eurocrisis? Let’s Look South!
4 CommentsBy Mark Esposito If there is a country, which should receive our apologies, that is Greece. We need to apologize for having demonized a small and modest economy (less than 2% of the EU GDP) as the black sheep … Continue reading
Posted by: January 31, 2014
Tagged with: debt crisis, EU, Euro crisis, European Election, European recovery, Germany, Southern Europe
Jan 13 2014
Europe is diverging: ignore it at your peril
2 CommentsBy Lorenzo Marsili In the optimistic 1990s, the introduction of the Euro was to represent the kernel of the European integration process. The single currency was meant to act as the motor for the “ever-closer” convergence of European economies, thereby … Continue reading
Posted by: January 13, 2014
Tagged with: debt crisis, ECB, EU, Euro, Eurozone, fiscal deficits, Monetary Policy, unemployment
May 8 2013
The politics of the German war reparations to Greece
10 CommentsBy Vassilis Paipais Crises are often described as moments in which the barriers between normality and its exception break down. The controversial German jurist of the previous century, Carl Schmitt, argued that during exceptional times when given definitions, established habits … Continue reading
Posted by: May 8, 2013
Tagged with: 1953 London Agreement, debt crisis, German war reparations, historical justice, Schäuble