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It’s time to fix EU fiscal rules
The EU fiscal rules should be reformed to reflect the fact that public debt is not...
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Debunking eight tales about European public debt and fiscal rules
Executive summary of the report “Fiscal Mythology Unmasked”
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Bail out people, not banks
Tackle non-performing loans in Europe by bailing out the borrowers, not the banks. Doing so would...
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The EU recovery plan can still be made into a catalyst for sustainability
The European recovery plan is a big step for the Union and a much-needed support to...
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And what about the money?
On September 15, 2008, six years ago, Lehman Brothers collapsed. Despite a “tsunami” of reforms, the financial...
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A View From Germany III – Local solutions to a global crisis
The financial crisis is a crisis of globalised finance. If too much money is moving too...
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Lessons from history II: The “Thirty Maidens of Geneva” and the French Revolution
What do the banking crisis, the French revolution and the children of the 18th Century Swiss...
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