VoxEU.org: ‘Eurozone crisis: It ain’t over yet’
This link relates to at least this, this and this post. Things are not at all well in the Eurozone. It is sad that the leading Finnish daily, Helsingin Sanomat, pretends (in its editorial!) that the...
View ArticleAll’s not well in the Eurozone: case the Netherlands
Today Naked Capitalism features a bit by Delusional Economics on the current state of the Eurozone, or to be precise, the widening gap between Germany and the rest of the Eurozone. It is a pity that...
View ArticleCyprus, Slovenia and France: A mess and the potential for the EFSF-blowup
Cyprus is still a mess. Let’s seen what happens over the weekend and at the latest on Monday, when ECB emergency loans could be cut off. Naked Capitalism makes mention of the dire straits of Slovenia...
View Article“France backsliding on fiscal consolidation – about time too!” by Andrew Watt
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/social-europe/wmyH/~3/qFvfZ0TtNfk/ Andrew Watt is the director of the German Institut für Makroökonomie und Konjunkturforschung.
View ArticleRules are for…breaking? Stability and Growth Pact and beyond
Rules are for…breaking? Stability and Growth Pact and beyond This link by Delusional Economics again shows how hard-headed German politics is. And not only politics, but also the Bundesbank. To recap:...
View ArticleSimon Wren-Lewis: ‘France and the Commission ‘
Simon Wren-Lewis: ‘France and the Commission ‘ In the words of Paul Krugman: “But the larger point here, surely, is that Rehn has let the mask slip. It’s not about fiscal responsibility; it never was....
View Article“France’s ‘AA’ Hollande pays price for kowtowing to EMU deflation madness –...
“France’s ‘AA’ Hollande pays price for kowtowing to EMU deflation madness – Telegraph Blogs” http://feedly.com/k/HFnWUq Another fine and important post.
View Article‘France by the Numbers’ and a reality check on Finland and the Netherlands
‘France by the Numbers’ and a reality check on Finland and the Netherlands A good read, and the graph on performance in GDP-change is very useful. What do you mean, Finland has turned a corner? Yes...
View Article‘Paul Krugman: –‘Scandal in France’
‘Paul Krugman: – ‘Scandal in France’ Really all there is to say about economic policy in Europe. Tragic, misguided, stupide even, if Social Democrats start buying into the Say’s Law fallacy.
View ArticleBill Mitchell on the repeated follies of the SGP – comparing Germany then and...
Bill Mitchell doesn’t mince words. In a very long and detailed post, he disects how the SGP and Excessive Deficit Procedures (EDP) have been used against Germany in the early 2000s and against France...
View Article“France backsliding on fiscal consolidation – about time too!” by Andrew Watt
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/social-europe/wmyH/~3/qFvfZ0TtNfk/ Andrew Watt is the director of the German Institut für Makroökonomie und Konjunkturforschung.
View Article“France’s ‘AA’ Hollande pays price for kowtowing to EMU deflation madness –...
“France’s ‘AA’ Hollande pays price for kowtowing to EMU deflation madness – Telegraph Blogs” http://feedly.com/k/HFnWUq Another fine and important post.
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