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Tag Archives: growth
Jan 9 2018
Portugal: Euro Zone’s brightening socio-economic outlook
2 CommentsIn the present post, Lucas Juan Manuel Alonso Alonso analyses some of the more important points contained in the OECD’s 2017 Economic Survey of Portugal. It offers an analysis of the socio-economic position of Portugal once the austerity measures are … Continue reading
Posted by: January 9, 2018
Tagged with: Eurozone, growth, labour markets, OECD, portugal, taxation, unemployment
Jan 19 2017
Rerouting Globalisation: from economic to human development
Comments Off on Rerouting Globalisation: from economic to human developmentΒy Lucas Juan Manuel Alonso Alonso When the different stages of a production process are carried out in different countries, a form of global integration is being developed. The global integration of the production process is usually understood as economic … Continue reading
Posted by: January 19, 2017
Tagged with: China, Economic cycles, economic development, flexicurity, globalisation, growth, human capital, Neoliberalism, unemployment, USA
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
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
Mar 12 2015
Germany, the giant with the feet of clay
4 CommentsBy Terence Tse and Mark Esposito On the surface, it stands to reason to think that, as Europe’s largest economy, Germany’s position in Europe can act as the saviour to pull the Eurozone out of its current plight. By … Continue reading
Posted by: March 12, 2015
Tagged with: birth rate, education, EU, Eurozone, growth, Inequality, pensions, Reforms, unemployment
Feb 14 2014
Entrepreneurship in Southern Europe: Symptom or Solution to the Euro Crisis?
6 CommentsBy Stefan Bauchowitz Against ample discouraging evidence, expressions of false optimism occasionally enter into the debate on the Euro crisis. As an example of such optimism, a previous post on this blog by Mark Esposito voiced high hopes for entrepreneurialism in … Continue reading
Posted by: February 14, 2014
Tagged with: Entrepreneurship, Euro crisis, growth, Recovery, subsistence entrepreneurs
Jan 7 2014
Youth Unemployment: A Crisis on Top of Another Crisis
1 CommentBy Terence Tse The financial crisis of 2008 devastated national economies around the world. We are still recovering. But the spotlight is only now beginning to be shone on one issue that could fracture national economies again—the youth unemployment crisis. Many … Continue reading
Posted by: January 7, 2014
Tagged with: education, growth, labour markets, unemployment, youth unemployment
Dec 16 2013
The Euro Should Either Be Made Growth and Employment Friendly as Fast as Possible, or it Should Be Dismantled
Comments Off on The Euro Should Either Be Made Growth and Employment Friendly as Fast as Possible, or it Should Be DismantledBy Christopher Pissarides One of the most exciting things about working at the LSE is that we get to hear some of the world’s top thinkers and policy-makers. One occasion that I recall vividly is the visit of two great … Continue reading
Posted by: December 16, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, Euro, European Central Bank, Fiscal Policy Council, growth
Oct 21 2013
“This is an existential challenge for Europe”- interview with George Pagoulatos
2 CommentsContinuing our conversations with public intellectuals across Europe on the causes and effects of the crisis, Euro Crisis in the Press talks to Professor George Pagoulatos, advisor to former Greek PM Papademos and member of the Board of Directors … Continue reading
Posted by: October 21, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, banking union, European integration, Eurozone, extremism, Golden Dawn, growth, Southern Europe
Sep 17 2013
Gendering the Euro Crisis
Comments Off on Gendering the Euro CrisisBy Ania Plomien and Diane Perrons Five years ago the failure of the international financial sector – prompted by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in the USA in September 2008, followed by the RBS bail out in the UK and the … Continue reading
Posted by: September 17, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, ethnicity, fiscal deficits, growth, Inequality, Neoliberalism, social class, women