World economists urge G20 ministers to accept Robin Hood tax
More than 50 number-crunchers have written to policymakers asking them to impose levy on City speculators to help poor. If the nine economists on the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee can never agree, it should be harder than herding cats to round up a thousand practitioners of the dismal science and get them all […]
Μέσα από τις φλόγες
«Μέσα από τις φλόγες» (2010) Δραματική Πρωταγωνιστούν: Λούμπνα Αζαμπάλ, Μελίσα Ντεσορμό – Πουλέν, Μαξίμ Γκοντέτ Ακολουθώντας την τελευταία επιθυμία της μητέρας τους, δύο αδέρφια επιχειρούν ένα επίπονο οδοιπορικό στη Μέση Ανατολή για να ερευνήσουν το οικογενειακό τους παρελθόν. Εξαιρετικός ο τρόπος με τον οποίο ξετυλίγεται στα μάτια των δύο παιδιών το ηρωικό-συναρπαστικό παρελθόν της μητέρας […]
Debt default by EU governments?
Darvas, Zsolt. The eurozone’s sovereign debt-saga seems to be a never-ending story. But like all financial crises, it will end at some point. Will the endgame involve a default of one or more eurozone countries? Would that lead to a partial or full break-up of the eurozone? Overall, what could be the consequences for the […]
Portugal’s Unnecessary Bailout
Fishman, Robert Portugal ‘s plea for help with its debts from the International Monetary Fund and the European Union last week should be a warning to democracies everywhere. The crisis that began with the bailouts of Greece and Ireland last year has taken an ugly turn. However, this third national request for a bailout is […]
Rational Irrationality
Cassidy, John. Snow-capped peaks; nightcaps with Larry Summers; discussions of complexity theory over breakfast; Tennyson quotations from Gordon Brown at lunch. No it’s not Davos—it’s Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, where over the weekend the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), which George Soros set up in the wake of the financial crisis, held its second […]