Fazit – das Wirtschaftsblog

Fazit - das Wirtschaftsblog

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08. Feb. 2016
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An insurance scheme that only ensures problems

By Ludger Schuknecht, chief economist of the German Federal Ministry of Finance. The European Commission’s latest centralisation project for the eurozone is called the European deposit insurance scheme. Dubbed „EDIS“ in Eurospeak, it is intended to complete the European banking … Weiterlesen

08. Feb. 2016
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03. Jan. 2013
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AEA Meeting: Inequality, Rating Agencies and Happiness: Interesting papers at the meeting

Top Tax Rates should be 70-80 percent? CEOs pay their employees less if they have a child? And why are rating agencies so bad? There is a lot to be discussed at the AEA meeting. Patrick Bernau has selected his favorite papers. Weiterlesen

03. Jan. 2013
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27. Dez. 2012
von Patrick Bernau

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Martha Nussbaum: From Justice to Emotion – Six Important Issues that are Ignored by Economists

Martha Nussbaum is a distinguished philosopher. Together with Amartya Sen, she has developed the famous "Capability Approach" to economics of welfare. Today, she feels that the insights of philosophy are by-and-large ignored by economists. In this excerpt from a lecture held at Frankfurt, she lists six contributions that economists should take more seriously. Weiterlesen

27. Dez. 2012
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21. Aug. 2012
von Alexander Armbruster

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Gary Gorton: "The discussion about the crisis is uninformed and anti-intellectual"

Gary Gorton is one of the most influential and renowned experts on the financial crisis. He explains the subprime disaster and the subsequent financial crisis as an unobserved bank-run on repo and asset-backed securities. He speaks about bad regulation, the importance of information insensitive debt and the future of the banking industry.

By Alexander Armbruster

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21. Aug. 2012
von Alexander Armbruster

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27. Dez. 2011
von Patrick Bernau

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Should governments cut their spending? Alberto Alesina’s Answer

Can austerity programs make economies grow? A fierce debate is going on, starting with a study by Alberto Alesina. Now, he replies to his critics. To me, Alesina sounds softer. He attacks Paul Krugman, but he admits that spending cuts might reduce growth in the short run if they are badly executed – while still stressing that they were the only way to get government debt down. By Patrick Bernau Weiterlesen

27. Dez. 2011
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