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Austerity or stimulus: which is right for Europe? (23 February 2012)
Posted on 07/02/2012 | No Comments23 February 2012, 5 – 7 pm Mary Sumner House. 24 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3RB Throughout 2012, the Global Policy Institute will be organising a series of events, in collaboration with the Federal Trust and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, that will examine various aspects... -
Three threats to the euro still remain
Posted on 15/12/2011 | 1 CommentThe European Council meeting a week ago was convened with the aim of saving the euro. Agreement was reached at the meeting about a way forward for the EU, even if the UK (and perhaps some others) will not travel with the rest. But despite... -
Is Germany doing enough to save the euro?
Posted on 13/12/2011 | 3 CommentsDebate at King’s College London, on 12 December 2011, on the subject of “Germany has not taken enough proactive steps to solve the eurozone crisis, despite being at the top table of European politics and its economic standing.” Richard Laming was asked to speak against... -
What patterns of share ownership tell us
Posted on 06/12/2011 | No CommentsAn interesting statistic reported by Professor Prem Sikka in the Guardian today, regarding the ownership of British companies. The proportion of the shares in UK-listed companies owned by foreign investors has increased from 6.6 per cent in 1969 to 41.5 per cent in 2008. The... -
Can Europe avoid economic decline?
Posted on 30/11/2011 | No CommentsThe public sector strikers outside English schools, hospitals and government offices today are protesting not against government pension policies but against something much bigger. There are profound economic problems that need to be dealt with, and would need to be dealt with even if there... -
What went wrong with the euro?
Posted on 16/11/2011 | 1 CommentPeter Oborne’s campaign against the pro-Europeans took another step yesterday with his online debate with David Aaronovitch. The latter was one of the targets in his recent book “The guilty men”, and the Centre for Policy Studies hosted an exchange of views between them on... -
Fixing the debt crisis, the Chicago way
Posted on 27/09/2011 | No CommentsIt has been alarming to watch the leadership of the eurozone limp through the debt crisis affecting some of the member states, apparently as though they have no idea of the scale of what they are facing. The piling-up of debt by countries far in... -
Debt is a two-edged sword
Posted on 05/09/2011 | 1 CommentA paper presented last week at a conference of the world’s central bankers looked at the levels of debt in different countries and its impact on economic growth. Debt, or to give it its other name, credit, is the lubricant of the economy. Borrowing enables... -
Who can create jobs?
Posted on 30/06/2011 | No CommentsAn interesting article by Coca-Cola chief executive Muhtar Kent and business academic Ram Charan, “Give the states the power to build jobs”, carried by the Reuters website argues that, in America, the emphasis on job creation should come from the states and not the federal... -
Small economies can ride out the economic storm
Posted on 22/05/2009 | No CommentsThe Financial Times reported on an interesting study by the Lausanne Institute for Management Development yesterday, looking at the resilience of national economies, large and small. Read the report here. The study found that, on the whole, smaller countries were better able to adapt themselves...
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