European
Vox EU
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Product market reforms under the microscope
Given the secular decline in productivity growth and the weakness of the economic recovery in many advanced economies, increased attention is being paid to the potential role of structural reforms as a way to restore economic growth. The weak economic recovery partly reflects a lack of aggregate demand, but the global financial crisis has also undermined aggregate supply, notably through its impact on investment. The current economic situation...
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Why a banking crisis in China seems unavoidable
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ETSexit
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The minimum wage and infant health
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Negative interest rate policies: Channels and consequences
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A framework for measuring tasks across occupations
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A tax policy guided by public opinion on inequality
Acting Man: Pater Tenebrarum
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The Fed is Good for Gold
Purveyors of Economic Stability It’s almost like magic. The Fed can say something, or in the case of this Wednesday it can say nothing, and gold and especially silver get a boost of rocket fuel. Fed-induced economic stability Actually, the Fed said both yes to rate hikes—in the future—and no to a rate hike now. This was good, if not for people, at least for gold. Well, if not for gold, at least the price of the metal. And especially...
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The Dying Middle Class
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Japan’s Planners Ratchet up Monetary Experimentation
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Harvard Report Whiffs on Fed Price Fixing Scheme
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Don’t Bet on Deflation Lasting Forever
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The Most Profitable War In U.S. History
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Donald and the “Maestro”
Bruegel Think Thank
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Low long-term rates: bond bubble or symptom of secular stagnation?
Yields on European sovereign bonds have reached historically low levels in 2016. This secular decline in long-term sovereign yields is not limited to the euro area. Why are interest rates currently so low? Are low long-term trates justified by fundamental factors or is it an artificial phenomenon? Yields on European sovereign bonds have reached historically low levels in 2016. The goals of this paper are to understand why interest...
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Big in Japan
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What does China’s ‘belt and road initiative’ mean for EU trade?
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The US infrastructure investment debate
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The future of financial services in the UK following the Brexit vote
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New network neutrality rules in Europe: comparisons to those in the U.S.
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The City will decline—and we will be the poorer for it
London School of Eco. Blog
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Republika Srpska’s referendum: A prelude to a nationalist landslide in the Bosnian elections
Share this:On 25 September, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s eastern and Serb-dominated entity, held a referendum on whether to keep a holiday marking its founding, in open defiance of decisions by the Bosnian Constitutional Court. As the whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina prepares for elections on 2 October, Jasmin Mujanović reflects on the failing state of the country’s democracy. He argues that, cornered by falling approval ratings,...
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Italy’s constitutional referendum: Mapping the possible political scenarios
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Book Review: British Clandestine Activities in Romania During the Second World War by Dennis Deletant
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The lesson from Bratislava is that the future of the European project looks bleak without the UK
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While the UK prepares for Brexit, the SNP are laying the groundwork for a new independence referendum
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Reactions to Juncker’s State of the Union speech show the difficulties in creating a European public sphere online
The Market Monetarist
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Noah Smith is clueless about Monetarism
Israel Arroyo on Twitter alerted me to a new comment BloombergView by Noah Smith titled “Monetarists Are Out of Ideas”. The whole thing is complete nonsense and shows that Noah Smith has absolutely no insight into monetary theory and particularly no knowledge at all about monetarism. In fact there is basically nothing about monetarism in the article. Most of the article is about views of the so-called Neo-Fisherians (in itself a misnomer),...
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The cost of the Sino-US FX deal: Surging money market rates (in Hong Kong)
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In a deflationary world at the ZLB we need ‘competitive devaluations’
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Iceland moves to abolish capital and currency controls
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Can Stephen Moore justify Donald Trump’s economic policies?
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Markets are mostly efficient
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The scary rise in protectionism
Antonio Fatas
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You can lower interest rates but can you raise inflation?
The message from the Bank of England, which is not far from recent messages by the Bank of Japan or the ECB is that they could cut interest rates again if needed (or be more aggressive with QE purchases).
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Experts, facts and media
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9, 8, 7, 6.7,… Speculating on China growth
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The asymmetry of inflation or the ECB?
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How informative is the slope of the Yield Curve?
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World growth: mediocre or pathetic?
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Central Banks need to get real (not nominal)
IFO Institute
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Ifo Business Climate Improves Markedly
Ifo Business Climate Germany - Results of the September 2016 Ifo Business Survey Sep 26, 2016 Sentiment in the German economy improved considerably this month. The Ifo Business Climate Index rose from 106.3 points (seasonally-adjusted) in August to 109.5 points in September, reaching its highest level since May 2014. Companies are clearly more optimistic about the months ahead. They are also more satisfied with their...
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Fuest Criticises Inheritance Tax Reform in Germany
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Business Climate for German Architects Hits Record High
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German Firms Increasingly Favour Home Office
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Economists Panel for September 2016: German Economists Want Clinton Instead of Trump
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CESifo Newsletter July/August 2016
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Germans Sceptical About Immigrants’ Education Level – Teachers Particularly Featured in the Ifo Education Survey
On French Politics
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Comparative Disruption: US and France
The presidential campaigns in the US and France are destabilizing political systems in both countries. I write about it here.
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Sarkozy, Climate Change Denier
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The PS and the EU
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Macron Makes His Move
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Sarko décomplexé
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Des Machiavelli à la petite semaine
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The Burkini Controversy
Political Thoughts – The Magazine
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Dont confuse Brexit with global economics
Here are some of the scariest graphs in the economic history of the past 120 years: The Eurozone is not doing at all well: None of these events are due to Brexit, they are about global economics. Beware of those who want to Remain in the EU, they will report global events as due to Brexit and the broadcast media, especially the BBC, will also lie. So what is happening? Why isn't the global economy recovering from the 2008 crisis? The...
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Education in Britain – the need for Grammar Schools
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How could all the Remain Economic Experts have got it so wrong?
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Macroeconomics alone is not the answer
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Is the continuing Remain campaign damaging the economy?
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EU Soon to Swing Far Right?
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Zero Hours Contracts
Protesilaos Stavrou
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Vin syntax theme
Vin is a medium contrast syntax theme for the Atom text editor that comes in distinct light and dark variants. It draws inspiration from vinyards and grapes. Its name is the French word for “wine”. Below is its sixteen-colour palette. The base sets hint towards the green part of the colour spectrum. While the accent values are carefully selected to blend harmoniously with the overall theme. Dark base 162212 263222...
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On the pessimism of EU integration
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European integration post-Brexit
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Caprice syntax theme
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The content of leftist Eurofederalism
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Brexit and national democracy
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Mea culpa: back in EU politics
Il fatto quotidiano Alberto Bagnai
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Stradella, musica sacra e profana dell’Italia che fu la Patria dei talenti
Il festival - Nel nome del grande compositore del XVII secolo per fare conoscere la sua opera, tra canzone popolare e linguaggio colto Il Festival Internazionale Alessandro Stradella di Nepi, giunto alla quarta edizione (Nepi, 10-25 settembre), nasce dall’incontro fra un autore (Stradella) e un interprete (Andrea De Carlo) con una...
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Duemilamiliardi di Pil andati in fumo dal 2008
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Produzione industriale, i numeri di un disastro che non ha precedenti
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Brexit, il rimedio dell’economia alle false isterie dei governanti
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Il vero smacco è che si riveli fruttuosa
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Brexit, a spaventare l’UE è la democrazia
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Caro Zingales, la Troika non è l’unica possibilità
The Economist Europe
Rybinski Forum
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Największe wyzwanie rządu PiS
Jakiś czas nie pisałem na blogu, byłem zajęty reformowaniem największej uczelni ekonomicznej w Kazachstanie (www.narxoz.kz) i kilkoma projektami naukowymi. Patrzę z dystansu na to co się dzieje w Polsce i widzę, że dobrze się dzieje. Jest niezły jak ...
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European Union of Nuts
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Dobrze o Polsce
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Ekonomiczna analiza Brexitu
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Now hiring: Director of Institute for Applied Research at Narxoz University
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E-learning daje dobre efekty kształcenia
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Ekonomia absurdu
Profesor Werner
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EU Basics – Your Guide to the UK Referendum on EU Membership
by Professor Richard A. Werner, D.Phil. (Oxon) 20 June 2016 The British people should be clear about just what they will be voting on at the EU referendum this Thursday. What does it actually mean to stay in the EU? What does it mean to exit?
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Is Germany to blame for the European mess?
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„Negative“ Interest Rates and the War on Cash
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What should be done about Greece – and what is likely to happen
Craig Willy
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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...
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Krugman Vindicated?: Eurozone Debt Apparently Falling
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ECB’s Cœuré Calls on Politicians to Hurry Up and Build the Eurozone Superstate and Federal Budget
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Why is so much official EU art ugly?
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Draghi: EU is “most advanced experiment” in transnational government
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Eurostat: Women Outnumber Men 2-to-1 in Teaching Across Europe (But Still Under-Represented in Universities)
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Why is free Kosovo providing highest number of “asylum-seekers” to the EU?
Centre for European Reforms
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Time for a regime change in Frankfurt
The eurozone is not alone among developed economies in experiencing a structural growth slowdown in the rate of economic growth or in grappling with excessively low inflation (see Chart 1). But the currency union does have an especially acute structu...
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The refugee crisis: Fixing Schengen is not enough
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Deal done: Now for the hard work
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Would an ‘independent’ Britain want to join the single market?
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China’s European charm offensive: Silk Road or Silk Rope?
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Merkel after Paris
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Terrorism in Paris: Aux armes, citoyens?
MNI Euro Insight
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MORNING DIGEST: July 18, 2016
EU foreign ministers gather in Brussels Monday, with the situation in Turkey set to top the discussions, along with the ongoing terrorism threats in Europe following the Nice attack. They will be joined by John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, to ta...
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MORNING DIGEST: July 15, 2016
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Analysis: Vestager Comments Suggest Some Investor Bail-in if Italy’s Banks are Recapitalised
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Analysis: Bank of England Easing Decision is Delayed, not Cancelled, While MPC Gathers Data
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MORNING DIGEST: July 14, 2016
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Euro Insight Poll: Brexit Crushes Hopes for Stronger Eurozone Recovery
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Analysis: NATO’s Troop Buildup Seeks to Contain Russian Expansion but Alliance is Split on Strategy
Ecconomistmeg
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Argentina’s Options: What happens after default?
Argentina’s Options: What happens after default? Argentina is probably going to default tomorrow. An Argentinian debt default would clearly not be good for the country economically, but contagion would probably be limited and far less hard hitting...
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Will the ECB’s Actions Be Enough?
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A shift in German policy? Not so fast!
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The Eurozone’s Imperfect Banking Union
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How Germany Just Undercut the Euro
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Berlusconi Prepares a New Italian Drama
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Bulgarian Election Shows Need to Clean House