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Published in: HomeA complex conflict constellation : distributional conflict in the euro crisis
Beyond its political and economical ramifications, the euro crisis has had a profound impact on European society....
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Published in: HomeThe Euro as the SDR of Europe?
By converting the Euro to a supranational means of settlement underpinned by Euro-National currencies, both...
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Published in: HomeEuro economies must come before Euro debts
Ultimately, the size of debts accrued in the Eurozone has become too large for any credible rescue plan that does...
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Published in: openEconomyThe post-Lehman financial system is its own source of risk - so why put up with it?
The cost of credit to the financial system is now higher than it is for industrials. The financial system has become...
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Published in: HomeThe Euro is a big success - no kidding
The Euro was the ultimate in supply side economics, designed to perform exactly as it has done in an economic crisis...
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Published in: HomeDiversity and uniformity in the Eurozone - making a united Europe work
Underpinning the Euro crisis is a collection of mismatches, of cultures, institutions, expectations and norms...
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Published in: HomeThe Euro - stepping back from the brink?
The recent summit marks an important turning point in building a genuine economic union in Europe and averting...
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Published in: HomeThe Euro or devaluation - how to have both
If the purpose of the Euro is to reduce transaction costs within a common market, this can be maintained while...
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Published in: openEconomySoros: economist/philosopher or trading superstar?
A finance insider reads Soros' intervention at Trento and wonders whether this is just a trading superstar talking...
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Published in: HomeSave the Euro - who for?
The strongest force holding the Euro together is the political force of creditors. Were the currency to collapse,...
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Published in: HomePapandreou speaks truth to (European) power
Interview of former Greek Prime Minister George A. Papandreou by Jean-Christophe Nothias, Editor in Chief of The...
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Published in: HomeThe Eurozone crisis - the slate must be wiped
Both economically and politically the Euro project has been deeply flawed. Enormous debts have been accrued which...
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Published in: HomeEnd in sight to "Othering the Union". Hope for Europe.
The European debt crisis is political more than financial, as argued by George Soros. But the solution to the...
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Published in: HomeReflexivity, Soros and three months for the euro
The euro crisis needs a collective solution, designed and implemented by both the core and the periphery. It has to...
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Published in: openEconomyThe Bang! moment is now
To understand the dynamics and timing of the Eurozone crisis, you need to understand how the European Central Bank...