European
Acting Man
-
A Bubble in Complacency – Incrementum Advisory Board Discussion
Incrementum Advisory Board Meeting of 31 July 2019 At the end of July the Advisory Board of the Incrementum Fund held its quarterly meeting (a full transcript is available for download at the end of this post). The board was joined by special guest Simon Mikhailovich, a financial market veteran who inter alia co-founded the Toqueville Bullion Reserve. The title of the transcript and this post was inspired by his remarks. Special guest Simon...
Read more » -
Tumbling Interest Rates – Precious Metals Supply and Demand
-
Writing on the Wall
-
Rising Stock Market Volatility – Another Warning Sign
-
Bitcoin – From Greed to Fear
-
Interest Rate Watch and Bond Market Curiosities
-
Retail Holders Sell Their Gold – Precious Metals Supply and Demand
Antonio Fatas
-
Redefining money in a digital age
Economics textbooks use a definition of money as an asset that can be used as a means of payment, that constitutes a unit of account and serves as a store of value. This definition is being used often in debates about new forms of digital money and payments (including cryptocurrencies). I would like to argue that this characterization of money is a) not a definition b) not a very useful one to compare alternative forms of payment c) fails...
Read more » -
Libra: not a currency board and (maybe) not a stable currency
-
This time might not be different
-
The 2020 (US) Recession
-
How low is low for Chinese GDP growth?
-
Global Rebalancing
-
Digital money and payments
Bruegel Think Thank
-
Hong Kong’s economy is still important to the Mainland, at least financially
Hong Kong’s current situation is important for the world in as far as its role as major offshore financial centre is key for China’s inbound and outbound investment and financing. Capital outflows from Hong Kong are especially risky given Hong Kong's so far useful but rigid monetary regime, namely a peg to the USD under a currency boardDiscontent is running deep in Hong Kong, currently facing the most severe political crisis since the handover...
Read more » -
The Democrats need to have a climate-only TV debate. For Americans and for the rest of us
-
The impact of the global energy transition on MENA oil and gas producers
-
The Coming Clash Between Climate and Trade
-
La Banca centrale europea
-
European champion-ships: industrial champions and competition policy
-
A reflection on the Mercosur agreement
Centre for European Reforms
-
Time for a regime change in Frankfurt
In recent years, the European Central Bank’s (ECB) monetary policy has been half of what is necessary, two years late. To get eurozone inflation back to its ‘close to 2 per cent’ target, the ECB needs to be much bolder. The ECB’s meeting on March 10th is shaping up to be one of its most anticipated. Inflation remains far below target and market expectations of future inflation have hardened at very low levels, indicating that investors have...
Read more » -
The refugee crisis: Fixing Schengen is not enough
-
Deal done: Now for the hard work
-
Would an ‘independent’ Britain want to join the single market?
-
China’s European charm offensive: Silk Road or Silk Rope?
-
Merkel after Paris
-
Terrorism in Paris: Aux armes, citoyens?
Chris Dillow: Stumbling and Mumbling
-
Smart consumers. stupid voters
What do ordinary folk know about economics? This question has been revived by Simon, who argues that support for a no-deal Brexit is based upon “information failure” caused by our biased and inadequate media. This is in a similar spirit to Jason Brennan and Bryan Caplan, who argue in different ways that voters are irrational and/or misinformed. My chart offers a corrective to this view. It shows that the ratio of retail sales to share prices...
Read more » -
The dubious logic of commodification
-
The Peterloo paradox
-
The trade deal fetish
-
Tories against Thatcher
-
Economics & identity
-
The missing backlash
Craig Willy
-
The Romanian Palimpsest
The foreigner in Romania is immediately struck by the country’s hybrid culture. This is obvious from the first words one learns to garble: piața (very close pronunciation to Italian’s piazza), mersi (from the French merci, though the “r” is a little more rolled), da (yes…), or even bacşiş (baksheesh). We then have a mysterious mélange of Western and Eastern Europe, the Romanian roots are decidedly mixed. Like in any country, the stages of...
Read more » -
Krugman Vindicated?: Eurozone Debt Apparently Falling
-
ECB’s Cœuré Calls on Politicians to Hurry Up and Build the Eurozone Superstate and Federal Budget
-
Why is so much official EU art ugly?
-
Draghi: EU is “most advanced experiment” in transnational government
-
Eurostat: Women Outnumber Men 2-to-1 in Teaching Across Europe (But Still Under-Represented in Universities)
-
Why is free Kosovo providing highest number of “asylum-seekers” to the EU?
David Smith’s EconomicsUK
-
The top 1% pay a lot of tax – will they stay or go?
The top 1% pay a lot of tax - will they stay or go? Posted by David Smith at 09:00 AMCategory: David Smith's other articles My regular column is available to subscribers on www.thesundaytimes.co.uk This is an excerpt. Today I want to lift my sights high. So high, in fact, that it takes me to the very top of the income distribution. These are the people who earn many times the average salary, are mainly not Premier League footballers (though...
Read more » -
This sterling slide has logic on its side
-
Tricky times call for a lucky chancellor
-
Counting the cost of a Johnson government
-
David Smith's EconomicsUK.com 1970-01-01 00:00:00
-
Friendless pound needs the kindness of strangers
-
Brexit bluster comes home to roost as growth hits the buffers
Economistmeg
-
This is a currency war the US can’t possibly win
President Donald Trump’s tweeted demands for a weaker dollar, and his subsequent designation of China as a “currency manipulator”, have sparked fears that his trade battles are morphing into a currency war. The last time we had a global competitive devaluation was in the 1930s, as the world descended into the Depression. But today, currency values are set in huge global markets rather than against gold. That leaves the US alone on the...
Read more » -
State of the Eurozone (and the US)
-
Is the trade war becoming a currency war?
-
Outlook for the US Economy
-
US manufacturing and currency intervention
-
China’s options for trade war retaliation
-
Labor market chugging along
Eurostat News Releases
-
Production in construction unchanged in euro area
").css("display","flex").css("flex","auto").append($("").css("flex","auto").css("flex-direction","column").css("display","block").css("width","1px").css("padding-right","20px").css("max-height","none").append($("").html(b.suggest!=null?b.suggest.highlightPhrase:...
Read more » -
Production in construction unchanged in euro area
-
Annual inflation down to 1.0% in the euro area
-
Euro area international trade in goods surplus €20.6 bn
-
Euro area international trade in goods surplus €20.6 bn
-
Industrial production down by 1.6% in euro area
-
GDP and employment both up by 0.2% in the euro area
IFO Hans-Werner Sinn & Clemens Fuest
-
ifo Institute: Economic Experts Fear Tariff War Will Shrink World Trade
International economic experts fear that the tariff war between the US, China, and Europe will lead to a decline in world trade. This is the result of the World Economic Survey conducted by the ifo Institute among 1,130 economists worldwide. When asked to name the most significant consequence of the higher tariffs, the predominant answer was “less trade.” This answer scored 1.7 on a scale of 1 to 3, where 1...
Read more » -
ifo Economists’ Panel: Economists Do Not Expect East German States to Catch up Any Further
-
CESifo Newsletter 2019/04
-
Légère amélioration de l’indice ifo du climat économique mondial
-
ifo World Economic Climate Recovers Slightly
-
Institut ifo : Les économistes redoutent les effets négatifs d’une guerre douanière sur le commerce mondial
-
ifo President Fuest Calls for a “Europe of Opportunity” Instead of “Europe As a Fortress”
Il fatto quotidiano Alberto Bagnai
-
Alberto Bagnai – Il Fatto Quotidiano
Guardate questo breve scambio su Twitter: Paolo Cirino Pomicino sostiene che l’entrata nell’euro non fu di per sé un errore: l’errore fu entrarci al cambio sbagliato. Alla richiesta di precisare quale sarebbe stato quello giusto, precisa: “poco più della metà”. Insomma, il cambio corretto, secondo Cirino Pomicino, sarebbe stato di circa 1000 lire per euro (la conversazione, se interessa, è qui). Qualcuno penserà: “Chiacchiere del sabato...
Read more » -
Orlando privatizza la giustizia online
-
Orlando privatizza la giustizia online
-
I disoccupati “veri” in Italia sono il 30%: più che in Grecia
-
I disoccupati “veri” in Italia sono il 30%: più che in Grecia
-
Non è il libero commercio che favorisce i lavoratori
-
Non è il libero commercio che favorisce i lavoratori
London School of Economics
-
Do populist-leaning citizens support direct democracy?
Populist parties across Europe often support direct democracy, for example through frequent referendums. Do their voters support these initiatives too and why? Tina Freyburg, Robert Huber and Steffen Mohrenberg distinguish between citizens who support direct democracy as a way of giving power to ‘the people’ and those, known as stealth democrats, who do so out of scepticism that politicians can be effective. They find that both sets of...
Read more » -
Is populism about more than discontent?
-
Brexit and parliamentary legitimation: Beyond constitutional minutiae
-
New evidence shows gender equality builds life satisfaction
-
Book Review: …and forgive them their debts: Lending, Foreclosure and Redemption From Bronze Age Finance to the Jubilee Year by Michael Hudson
-
Boris Johnson’s real agenda: The ‘Singapore scenario’
-
When parliaments’ second chambers are reformed and the implications for democracy
MNI Euro Insight
-
MNI Euro Insight 1970-01-01 00:00:00
[unable to retrieve full-text content]
Read more » -
MORNING DIGEST: July 18, 2016
-
MORNING DIGEST: July 15, 2016
-
Analysis: Vestager Comments Suggest Some Investor Bail-in if Italy’s Banks are Recapitalised
-
Analysis: Bank of England Easing Decision is Delayed, not Cancelled, While MPC Gathers Data
-
MORNING DIGEST: July 14, 2016
-
Euro Insight Poll: Brexit Crushes Hopes for Stronger Eurozone Recovery
On French Politics
-
Tocqueville’s Democratic Historians
Share the post "Tocqueville’s Democratic Historians" We’ve decided to experiment with a new feature on the blog called “close-reading Tocqueville.” The premise is simple: we’ll periodically select one chapter from Tocqueville’s corpus and comment on what we find. To begin, I chose Tocqueville’s chapter, “On Certain Tendencies Peculiar to Historians in Democratic Centuries” (Democracy in America, II.1.20). The chapter...
Read more » -
Revue de Presse: August 18
-
Revue de Presse: August 11
-
Bassem Youssef’s Satire in Exile
-
Revue de Presse: August 4
-
Revue de Presse: July 27
-
« Demain le ciel sera plus bleu » : remarques sur les élections nationales grecques
Political Thoughts – the magazine
-
BBC News
The BBC suppresses any news that favours leaving the EU.Check these links to find out what the BBC should have told the nation:Imports from CalaisPorts of Entry in NIBarnier preferred Canada Plus Racism in the EUTrade Deficit and RegionalisationCurrent Account DeficitBank of England and Treasury ReportsThe foreign "European Movement" runs RemainThe European Movement, a foreign organisation, controls the UK media, especially the BBC,...
Read more » -
Movement of Goods after a No Deal Brexit
-
Why are Traitors Accepted in Britain?
-
No Deal Fake News
-
The economy, value of pound, trade in July 2019
-
Welsh Lamb Propaganda
-
Is climate change a threat because of overpopulation?
Professor Werner
-
professorwerner 1970-01-01 00:00:00
[unable to retrieve full-text content]
Read more » -
EU Basics – Your Guide to the UK Referendum on EU Membership
-
Is Germany to blame for the European mess?
-
„Negative“ Interest Rates and the War on Cash
-
What should be done about Greece – and what is likely to happen
Protesilaos Stavrou
-
No optimism for the European Union
2019-07-05 A euro-optimist is someone who may have certain reservations about the course of the European integration process, who will not hesitate to criticise policies that run contrary to the greater good, but will ultimately accept the status quo in the hope that it will adjust at some future point. This is the kind of person who expects better things from the EU; who believes that a Europe-wide democracy is both possible and...
Read more » -
Against the secularised theology of statecraft
-
After Capitalism
-
The extreme right is the new right
-
Note on supporting free culture
-
On Gigantism
-
Changing ways: the real bread paradigm
Rybinski
-
Page not found · GitHub Pages
Page not found · GitHub Pages File not found The site configured at this address does not contain the requested file. If this is your site, make sure that the filename case matches the URL.For root URLs (like http://example.com/) you must provide an index.html file. Read the full documentation for more information about using GitHub Pages.
Read more » -
Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku – kilka dobrych rad na koniec
-
Polska przekracza granice międzynarodowej śmieszności
-
Czy testy czynią uczniów głupszymi
-
Czy sprawdziły się moje prognozy na 2016 rok
-
What Trump election means for global economy?
-
Spór o kluczowe wartości wymaga przeprowadzenia referendum
The Economist Europe
-
An ancient beast returns to Transylvania
CURT THE bison is not sure he wants to return to the wild. After 20 hours in a lorry from Germany to Romania, he takes a few hesitant steps down the ramp, chews at some leaves, then heads back inside. Two hours later he is still there, delaying the bolder females, stuck deeper inside the lorry. Finally the rangers shoot him with a tranquilliser dart. Eight men, two per hoof, carry him into an enclosure, where he quickly recovers. The other...
Read more » -
Employment in southern Europe: better, but fragile
-
Historical memorials are not enough to stop anti-Semitism in Europe
-
Greenlanders say Donald Trump should have asked them first
-
Matteo Salvini hopes elections will make him Italy’s prime minister
-
Protests in Moscow show that Putin’s critics are getting stronger
-
Eurocrats know Boris Johnson well, making no-deal Brexit more likely
The Market Monetarist
-
The blog has MOVED to mamoadvisory.com
Markets & Money Advisory’s website is now up and running. You find it here. If you normally receive mails from The Market Monetarist you in the future instead will receive mails from Markets & Money Advisory instead. As a general rule we will try to avoid spamming our followers, readers and clients so we will try to only send out the newsletter once a week – unless there is “breaking news” such as key monetary policy announcement or...
Read more » -
New Markets & Money Advisory website
-
MTB Cast #3: Inflation worries hitting the markets?
-
Reflections on the Fed hike
-
FOMC preview – please hike, but be careful going forward
-
MTB cast #2: Icelandic currency controls, the Fed and European central bankers
-
MTB cast #1: Czech inflation to rise above 3%
VoxEU
-
Recruiting high-tech talent with learning opportunities
How can employers attract talented engineers in tight labour markets? This question has challenged managers for at least a generation, and interest in it shows no sign of abating as investment in AI and data science technologies continue to create demand for workers with specialised technical skills that can support development in these areas. The question of how the available pool of technical talent affects employers’ decisions also poses a...
Read more » -
Replicating successful charter schools in Boston
-
The Great Trade Collapse: An evaluation of competing stories
-
Assessing house prices: Insights from a dataset of price level estimates
-
The economic impact of India’s demonetisation
-
Physician bias and racial disparities in veteran health
-
Lessons in economics from Algeria’s victory in the Africa Cup of Nations
