The EU’s Debt Dilemma

Henrik Mogensen Nielsen // 16 March 2023

The EU is in an existential debt crisis. This crisis is often overlooked, and if it is not brought under control, it may lead …

Coronabonds are not necessary

Zine-Eddine Aklil // 18 May 2020

To overcome the Covid-19 crisis, the European Central Bank is considering pooling debt issuances among the countries of the Eurozone in what has recently …

Could ‘Lombardy Bonds’ be the answer to the Eurozone debt puzzle?

Alberto Mingardi // 15 April 2020

At the last Eurogroup meeting, Eurozone finance ministers agreed to set up a ‘Recovery Fund’ to help trigger an economic rebound once the lockdowns …

The day European Union governments spent the last of their annual revenues

7 November 2017

EU central governments use up their resources December 6 on average, 25 days before the end of the year. This is almost seven days …

The OECD’s crusade for more financial regulation is misguided

Diego Zuluaga // 30.03.2016
A blog post by the OECD linking the rise of finance to lower economic growth and higher inequality made the …

French government will end year by going deeper in debt

Cécile Philippe and Nicolas Marques, November 2015
According to Eurostat data, the French government will have used up all of its resources by November …

The Government Debt Iceberg

Jagadeesh Gokhale, March 2014

Western governments have developed unfunded social insurance programmes where retiree benefits are paid for from the taxes of …

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