Surprise surprise. However, quantitative easing (QE), the main alternative, isn’t so promising.
Entries Tagged as 'Sovereign debt crisis'
Primer on fiscal policy: it works, in the 1930s, in Japan, and now
August 31st, 2010 · No Comments
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A really necessary lesson
August 27th, 2010 · No Comments
Hit’s a couple of favourite Voodoo economic thesis at once. We cannot recommend this article enough (especially at the people from ZeroHedge)..
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From the fringes of Europe
August 26th, 2010 · No Comments
Poor Ireland….
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All that austerity, where has it gotten Ireland
August 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Well, being locked in the euro, austerity was probably unavoidable, but has it done any good? Not really…
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There is no one like Paul Krugman
August 20th, 2010 · 3 Comments
In a class of his own in deconstructing Voodoo Economics…
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Niall Ferguson versus Paul Krugman
August 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Better stick to history (he writes fine books, no doubt about that). Here some figures which should make him blush…
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Very curious indeed
August 18th, 2010 · No Comments
Austerity isn’t working, per… ZeroHedge (we had to hold on to our chairs in order not to fall off of them in amazement)…
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European problems not healing
August 17th, 2010 · No Comments
Germany marching on, but this leaves the gap for the fringe even larger…
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US fiscal crisis
July 26th, 2010 · No Comments
One can smell the sense of despair here from Martin Wolf, the FT’s primier columnist and a must read for everybody interested in the future of US public finances. It’s deeply disturbing.
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Is the US going to default any time soon?
July 9th, 2010 · No Comments
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