A Few Lessons from Oliver Blanchard, Chief Economist of the IMF
Conclusions from the events in the year 2011. An extremely succinct and equally useful little overview. Required reading.
Goldman Sachs charts
Interesting stuff, a wealth of figures at your fingertips
The Big European Freeze
It’s going to be a cold winter. Austerity + Bank balance shrinkage = …. And this is assuming the plans to stop the rot vis-à-vis the sovereign debt will actually […]
The squeeze on US local government
Terrifying..
The nature of the crisis and the policy response
A really, really excellent piece on the nature of the recession and the effectiveness of the policy response. A must read..
IMF wants EU, US to abandon austerity
Yes, that “paragon of socialism”, the IMF, warning against the dangers of austerity creating a downward spiral…
What can be done?
To improve a rather dire economic situation..
Central Banks can still save us..
Remarkable article by leading UK journalist Evans Pritchard
Downward spiral
Created by lack of demand..