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Bill Mitchell: Reliance on monetary policy is mindless, ideological nonsense
Although the article is about the current economic situation in Australia, it is applicable to the EU. Read here
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Juan Laborda – Economic Orthodoxy: Responsible for the Next Spanish Recession (I)
In Spain a balanced budget, together with the combination of a fiscal surplus and current account deficit, would lead to a recession similar to that of 2008. This is supported by today’s PMI reading Juan […]
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Jorge Uxó, Nacho Álvarez – Can We Resuscitate Fiscal Policy in Europe?
The EU economy is going nowhere (nor the EU for that matter), which is the essence of reactionary politics – and Germany is certainly providing the EU with enough of that. On the other hand […]
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Bill Mitchell: The Greek colony remains in depression
“If one ever needed reminding of the colony status of the once magnificent Greek nation you just have to consider that statement. The EU institutions consider it appropriate that democratically-elected governments in the EMU should […]
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Sergio Cesaratto – Italy and the European Monetary Union: A tale of two wrongs
The talk by Sergio Cesaratto on 19 June in Berlin in our series “Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau” presented by OXI Blog (which makes these films possible), Netzwerk Plurale Ökonomik, and BRAVE NEW EUROPE.
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Lars P. Syll – Could Italy Save the Euro?
Ignore the beginning of Marshall Auerback’s article. Berlusconi currently has no real influence upon policy in Italy. This is solely an idea of the government coalition. Lars P. Syll is an economist at the Faculty […]
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Heiner Flassbeck – Italy: Back in the Intensive Care Ward?
Italy is Germany’s favourite enemy. Is it just envy, prejudice, or stupidity that prevents a sensible debate on Italy’s policies and the problems of its European integration? Heiner Flassbeck is an economist, as well as […]
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Aufhebunga Bunga: Quinn Slobodian – Order Not Freedom
On the unexpected origins of neoliberalism. Auhebunga Bunga talks to Quinn Slobodian, author of Globalists, about how neo-liberals look back to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the League of Nations. Why does neoliberalism talk about freedom, […]
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Lars P. Syll – Alesina’s ‘Expansionary Austerity’ — a Tale of Scientific Delusion
They’re back! The prophets of expansionary fiscal contraction. Lars P. Syll is an economist at the Faculty of Education and Society at Malmö, Sweden, not to mention a prolific blogger on his own website. Cross-posted […]
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GIMMS: Bill Mitchell, Randall Wray, Martin Watts – What makes a Healthy Economy and Society and How can it Best be Delivered?
The average citizen’s idea of what makes for his or her well-being probably includes a roof, safety, health and economic security. But how should governments steer their policy to achieve that end? By Bill Mitchell, […]