May 2012
11 posts
Slavoj Zizek, "Save us from the saviours" →
An essential read from the LRB:
Greece is not an exception. It is one of the main testing grounds for a new socio-economic model of potentially unlimited application: a depoliticised technocracy in which bankers and other experts are allowed to demolish democracy. By saving Greece from its so-called saviours, we also save Europe itself.
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Perspectivas de la economía española
26 de enero de 2010
El desempleo y la situación de las cuentas públicas son nuestros dos grandes retos. La reforma laboral y la política de consolidación presupuestaria son las dos reformas más necesarias y urgentes…
Pero en este momento la reforma más urgente es la de la negociación colectiva porque puede ayudar mucho a detener la sangría del paro,...
Heather Boushey and Adam S. Hersh, "The American... →
A great piece from the Center for American Progress, filled with all sorts of interesting evidence:
What is clear is that there is growing understanding among economists that a trade-off exists between high and growing levels of inequality and economic growth. Increasingly, economists are recognizing and focusing on exactly how and why this might be the case.
The introduction and summary can...
Rudolf Meidner, "Why did the Swedish Model Fail?" →
A very interesting piece from 1993:
If Western Europe is continuously hit by mass unemployment, an alternative model which aims at full employment and equality can attract attention in other countries. The precondition is that the Swedish labour movement is strong enough to restore the original model, to eliminate unemployment, to stop the dismantling of the welfare system, to find generally...
WatchOn Al Jazeera’s Inside Story to discuss the unfolding European crisis.
David Lizoain, "Els grecs castiguen la gestió de... →
He preparat una altra nota per la FRC sobre Grècia:
La inestabilitat a Grècia augmenta les tensions al mercat i això interactua de manera negativa amb la crisi financera espanyola, que tan ràpid està evolucionant. Clarament estem arribant a un punt d’inflexió en el conjunt d’Europa: hauríem de començar a contemplar si estem a la vora d’una intervenció massiva, que si fos com la...
Guest post on Kantoos: OOH, do we measure... →
Kantoos Economics was kind enough to publish this guest post of mine. It was also picked up by Scott Summer.
In the case of Spain, my assumption is that if OOH had been incorporated in the HICP during the bubble years, higher levels of inflation would have been registered – with all the consequences for monetary policy. By excluding OOH, the ECB was allowed to conduct monetary policy that was...
Paul Mason, "Greece: Trying to understand SYRIZA" →
paulmasonnews:
This is less of a blog more of a series of notes to try and enhance understanding of who SYRIZA and its leader Alexis Tsipras actually are, and how they might behave if, as polls suggest, they become the winning party in a second Greek general election. I’ve been troubled by the lack of…
Slate - The American Connection →
The lessons of the Obama campaign applied to France:
“Liegey and his colleagues pushed party officials to make door-to-door mobilization a focus of their 2012 campaign plans. “To win an election, it is often more efficient to mobilize voters from one’s own camp at risk of abstaining than it would be to try to persuade the undecided or voters on the other side into voting for you,” they...
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Una nota metodològica sobre el balanç fiscal
L’argument d’aquest post és que el Govern va optar per utilitzar una metodologia a l’hora de calcular el balanç fiscal que sobreestima el dèficit en temps de recessió. Segons els criteris que van utilitzar, aquesta opció no era la millor.
Al març, el Govern va publicar els últims Resultats de la balança fiscal de Catalunya amb el sector públic central 2006-2009.
Primer, van...
Matthew O'Brien, "The 2% Catastrophe: How One... →
A good critique from The Atlantic that can easily be applied to Europe:
Most people think the central bank’s job is manipulating interest rates, but the Fed is really in the business of making and keeping promises about the economy. Lately the Fed is obsessed with a narrow construction of credibility that is holding back the entire country. The Fed has fetishized two-percent inflation.
