Follow ‘MoreLiver’ on Twitter
EUROPE
The Banks and Austerity: a simple story of the
last ten years – Mainly
Macro
Rather than seeing the
financial crisis and austerity as two essentially separate stories, the needs
and influence of the banks connect the two.
Euro-Zone Fiscal Colonialism – Philippe
Legrain / NYT
The primary cause of
the crisis was the reckless lending of German and French banks
The trio of countries
that form Scandinavia–Denmark, Norway and Sweden–have for years been the heartland
of some of the world’s highest standards of living. But it seems the pristine
facade has been built on rather wobbly foundations.
How in the world did central banks miss this? – Open
Europe
Details of the EU’s
Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (the bank bail-in plans) which could
prohibit governments from protecting central banks against losses when
they provide emergency lending to banks
in a crisis.
EUROPEAN
CENTRAL BANK
A New ECB Outlook? Part I – PIIE
A New ECB Outlook: Part II – PIIE
Euro area deflation monitor – Danske
Bank
UKRAINE / RUSSIA
Kennan’s Revenge – Project
Syndicate
Robert Skidelsky:
American diplomat George Kennan traced the Cold War partly to neurotic
insecurity and Oriental secretiveness on the Russian side, and legalism and
moralism on the Western side. If Cold War II erupts in Ukraine, it will be because the middle ground of cool
calculation of interests, possibilities, and risks remains elusive to this day.
ASIA
FINNISH
Barroson
ex-neuvonantaja ripittää komissiota – ”EU revitty velkojiin ja velallisiin” – PS
Barroson
ex-neuvonantaja: kriisinhoitoa kansalaisten kustannuksella – Juhani
Huopainen / US
Japanin
elvytyksestä yhä apua – Roger
Wessman
Lainantajien
usko ratkaisee velkakestävyyden – Roger
Wessman
Pakkoruotsin
kumotut perustelut – Sampo Terho
He
tiesivät mitä tekivät – Henri
Myllyniemi / US
Hekin
tiesivät mitä tekivät – Henri
Myllyniemi / US
Stubb
pani virkamiehet vaalityöhön – matkalaskut valtion piikkiinä – PS
Demokratia
-> eurokratia -> byrokratia – Toimi
Kankaanniemi / US
Työttömyyden
hoito on keskeisin talouspoliittinen tavoite – Antti
Koskela / US
Ketkä
Suomesta EU-parlamenttiin? – Jyrki
Virolainen