Eurocrisis
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Hearing Mario Draghi
Introductory statement by Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, Brussels, 1 December 2011 President, Honourable members of the European Parliament,
Euro Area Is Coming to an End: Peter Boone and Simon Johnson
Investors sent Europe’s politicians a painful message last week when Germany had a seriously disappointing government bond auction.I think this misses a rather fundamental point. Courts in London or New York would be expected to show considerable deference to the principle of sovereign immunity. Issuing paper currency and determining its worth is one of the most central functions of the state and it is entitled to the highest degree of respect from foreign courts.
juridische gevolgen exit euro
Games of Chicken, by Tim Duy : The Eurozone is stuck on a path that leads to a very nasty equilibrium.
Games of Chicken"
Eurozone
Does the ECB really have a silver bullet? | Gavyn Davies | Insight into macroeconomics and the financial markets from the Financial Times
on macroeconomics
NICOLAS Sarkozy is causing a big stir after calling on November 8th for a two-speed Europe: a “federal” core of the 17 members of the euro zone, with a looser “confederal” outer band of the ten non-euro members. He made the comments during a debate with students at the University of Strasbourg. The key passage is below (video here , starting near the 63-minute mark)
The future of the EU: Two-speed Europe, or two Europes?
“I have always found the word “Europe” in the mouths of those politicians who wanted from other powers something they did not dare demand in their own name”.
The Strategic Influence Game 5: A German Europe or a European Germany?
No, one of them is not Silvio Berlusconi’s “bunga bunga” parties. Silvio himself isn’t among those reasons, either. The prime minister said on Tuesday that he’d resign once he ushered some economic reforms through the legislature.
Five reasons Italy should scare you - The Curious Capitalist - TIME.com
The Eurozone crisis has exposed deep governance deficiencies at two separate levels. One, highlighted by the recent chain of events, is crisis management and resolution.
IMF surveillance of the Eurozone: Quo Vadis?
What is holding Italy back?
Italy’s economy has clearly underperformed since it entered the euro – both relative to its peers and relative to the previous decade.Dani Rodrik has just posted on the same subject I briefly addressed yesterday — why aren’t US states subject to the same stresses facing European nations?
States Versus Countries, Rodrik Edition
kansen in de crisis
The European Union, and the Eurozone in particular, has impressive institutional achievements to its name. We have a European Parliament, European Commission, European Court of Justice, a set of common regulations that exceeded 100,000 last time I checked (acquis communautaire), and of course the European Central Bank.
Waarom Griekenland Californië niet is
20 September 2011 Last updated at 11:17 ET By Kabir Chibber Business reporter, BBC News Protests in Rome over the austerity cuts, the latest in a series of protests across Europe