Thursday, September 17, 2015

Is Schumpeter Still a Useful Guiding Light for Global Innovation and Growth Research? Lipari Summer School Lecture

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     Marina Corta in Lipari Town (left, my photo) and Joseph Schumpeter (right, Wikimedia ). Recuperating from the very stimulating Growth...
Thursday, August 13, 2015

“The Greek government is to surrender powers over vast areas of economic and social policymaking to its eurozone creditors”

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The Guardian last night leaks details of the third Greek bailout agreement: The Greek government is to surrender powers over vast areas ...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

What’s sauce for the goose… Plan Z vs. Plan B (Sketches in European Solidarity V)

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There’s a ruckus about the latest disclosure of a contingency Plan B during the Greek debt showdown by the Greek Finance Ministry under its...
Sunday, July 19, 2015

‘O Freunde, nicht diese Töne’ or ‘Die Schonzeit ist vorbei’: World public opinion at a dangerous crossroads

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The official European Union Anthem is the final choral movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, based on Schiller’s poem ‘An die Freude’ (‘Od...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

O tempora o mores! Whether as creditors or debtors, German economists always seem to be angry!

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The professor of financial accountability Jacob Soll is just back from a conference in Munich on Greek sovereign debt, and he shares his t...

Bank of Greece after Direct Hit by the Guns of Navarone

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Would the last person to leave please turn out the lights? (Photo: Reuters/FT)
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

A Specter is Haunting Europe: The Spectral Theory of Money, and Why Puerto Rico is not Greece

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Barry Eichengreen has a stimulating recent essay at Spiegel Online ( English version ) on the differences and similarities between the debt ...