Posts Tagged recession
Forget quantitative easing, why not try the Billion Pound Drop!
Posted by Nick Cowen in Economics on 26/08/2011
As the world economy teeters on the edge of another recession, Keynesian-inclined economists are coming up with more and more outlandish ideas for stimulating the economy, from encouraging shoplifting, to faking an alien invasion as an excuse to ramp up military spending. These mechanisms, I will try to argue, while insane, do indicate how current approaches to economic stimulus might be improved.
The recession triggers East-West divide in the EU
Posted by Claire Daley in European Union on 02/03/2009
Following Eastern and Central EU Member States’ recent mini-summit to discuss fears of protectionism, an informal summit of the leaders of all 27 EU Member States took place on Sunday, writes Kyial Arabaeva. The ambition was to construct concrete solutions to tackle the crisis and to expel worries about protectionism, unequal bail-outs and a feared East-West divide within the EU.
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