A mini-storm has been whipped up in the economic community overnight after a paper was published highlighting some flaws in the widely cited Reinhart & Rogoff paper ‘Growth in a time of debt’.A quick recap for those of you not familiar with the…
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austerity, economic growth, eurozone, eurozone crisis, eurozone north vs south, fiscal union, germany, labour market reform, reinhart, rogoff, spending |
September 27, 2012
We’re still waiting for the full breakdown and figures behind the Spanish budget (which we will analyse and post in due course) but in the meantime here are our initial thoughts:The decision to tap the pension/social security reserve fund for €3bn …
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austerity, budget, budgetary discipline, eurozone, eurozone crisis, pensions, Spain, Spanish bailout, spending, tax |
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