Blog
July 5, 2016
It is a pleasure to address this conference on the Restructuring of the Global Economy. It is a timely and important topic indeed.
June 30, 2016
There has been some talk of the rest of the EU attempting to punish the UK for leaving. The idea is that the institutions need to deter other exits and will accept some additional economic costs in return for imposing a visibly bad deal on the UK.
June 27, 2016
Spain’s center-right has clearly advanced its electoral position with last Sunday’s General Election. Polls predicted a good result for the far-left populist movement led by Podemos, but the final outcome has been very different.
June 22, 2016
Tomorrow, the British electorate will decide on a question which, more than any other, has divided voters and the political class in the last quarter-century: the country’s membership of the European Union
June 16, 2016
As of 9 June 2016, the new European rules on inter-bank commission fees for card-based payment transactions were fully enforced. The 751/2015 regulation has brought the necessary modifications since MasterCard changed its commission fees.
June 13, 2016
A lot has been said about the Greek crisis, and the abysmal track record of successive Greek governments. On the other hand, not a lot has been said about the Troika which oversees the Greek bailouts.
June 3, 2016
An article from the IMF’s magazine, entitled ‘Neoliberalism: Oversold?’, has been making the rounds on social media. This is not surprising: bemoan ‘neoliberalism’ in one way or another, and you are virtually guaranteed roaring applause on social media.
June 1, 2016
Piketty’s publication has reignited the debate over taxation. Proponents of higher taxation seized the opportunity to increase taxes.
May 31, 2016
The evidence since 2012 suggests that plain packaging has not helped to reduce smoking prevalence in Australia: the percentage of adult smokers in the country actually increased immediately after the law came into force.
