Tag Archives: Greece
Is a Greek bond buyback really as daft as some economists suggest?
European leaders are toying with the idea of buying back Greek debt on the …
Filed under Economic Policy, Financial Crisis
Why the Euro crisis is the key to a stronger Europe
This essay originally appeared in the first issue of “TLQ - The Digital Magazine For Thought …
Filed under Banking, Economic Policy, Financial Crisis, Monetary Policy
Excessive austerity doesn’t pay, IMF economists show
It is probably one of the most important trips in Greece’s modern history. On …
Filed under Economic Policy, Financial Crisis
Europe's Austerity Pipe Dreams
Economic history suggests that Europe won’t be able to fulfil its budgetary pledges. A …
Filed under Economic Policy, Financial Crisis
How an arcane statistical law could have prevented the Greek disaster
The EU can use a mathematical law as an early warning system for manipulated …
Filed under Financial Crisis, General Economics
Is there anyone who cares about the stress tests?
Moody’s, the rating agency, today has published an interesting analysis about the market reaction …
Filed under Banking, Financial Crisis
Save the Euro, for God's sake!
I think this really deserves some publicity.
Twelve european top economists just published a dramatic …
Filed under Uncategorized
The science of haircuts
The Art of Haircuts (illustration by Klaus Meinhardt http://www.klausmeinhardt.de)
In the good old days, haircuts …
Filed under Financial Crisis
PIIGS exposure of individual German banks
It was a little bit inconvenient because I had to gather the data from …
Filed under Financial Crisis
