Greek Debate

Germany is unfit for the euro

By: Joerg Bibow

21.04.10

Portents of the Greek Rescue

By: Barry Eichengreen

15.04.10

Finally a deal, but I am still sceptical

By: Wolfgang Münchau

13.04.10

Why Greece will default

By: Wolfgang Münchau

07.04.10

Why an IMF solution is most likely

By: Laurence Boone

24.03.10

How should the Eurozone handle Greece?

By: Daniela Schwarzer and Sebastian Dullien

01.03.10

The Euro Area's political constraints

By: Wolfgang Münchau

16.02.10

Why the euro should prevail

08.07.2010

By: Eric Chaney

Will the euro area survive its debt crisis? The short answer is yes. The longer answer is, this is a conditional probability, not a certainty. The conditions are an orderly resolution of the current tensions and the implementation of three sets of reforms.


The end of muddling through is nigh

29.06.2010

By: Wolfgang Münchau

One of the aggravating problems in this crisis is the financial illiteracy of Europe's political classes.


One Fiscal Size Does Not Fit All – a Korean lesson for Spain

25.06.2010

By: Adam Posen

Twelve years ago, the Asian Financial Crisis hit. The International Monetary Fund took a common approach across the crisis countries, prioritizing fiscal austerity. In retrospect, outside observers and the Fund itself came to the conclusion that this was a mistake – while appropriate for Indonesia, the ‘It’s Mostly Fiscal’ approach made the situation worse than it needed to be in South Korea, with negative spillovers for the rest of the region. The euro area governments, under pressure from Berlin and Brussels, are repeating this mistake.


Suffocating Europe

25.06.2010

By: Jörg Bibow

The real irony in this German tragedy is that German beggar-thy-neighbor policies have effectively forced a fiscal union upon Europe. Or, rather, if not a fiscal union, a general default it will be.


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