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According to various studies at the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) of the London School of Economics, Brexit does reduce the fiscal deficit. That would be, according to CEP, the main benefit. The principal cost wo... Read more...
13 May 2016
Today eight economists have struck out against much mainstream economic thinking and suggested that the UK economy would flourish outside the European Union. They are up against formidable opposition - what those who su... Read more...
28 April 2016
The size of the current account deficit and the UK's reliance on household consumption are among the main worries for Britain's leading economists. John van Reenen, Director, Centre for Economic Performance: First... Read more...
03 January 2016
Article by Gianluca Benigno, Nathan Converse and Luca Fornaro In the aftermath of the Global Crisis, policymakers have adopted policies to limit, or at least manage, capital inflows. This column explores episodes of cap... Read more...
11 October 2015
Christopher Pissarides interviewed about closure of Greek banks. The interview was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 News on June 29, 2015 [No link available] Related links Christopher Pissarides webpage Macro Programme webp... Read more...
29 June 2015
Unemployment stands at more than 25%. ''People will be much worse off,'' said Christopher Pissarides, a Nobel prizewinner based at the London School of Economics. Investors are braced for a slump on global stock markets ... Read more...
28 June 2015
The story of the first coalition government in Britain since the second world war is the story of austerity and thwarted deficit reduction plans. It is the story of a delayed economic recovery. It is the story of falling... Read more...
15 March 2015
It is likely that there will be tax increases after the election whoever wins, concludes a new report from the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), based at LSE, in the latest in a series of background briefings on the... Read more...
13 March 2015
According to the new Greek government, Germany has an enormous unpaid account in Greece. The Germans never paid anything for the murdering and plundering in the Second World War. The 'Zwangsanleihe', an extorted loan of ... Read more...
09 February 2015
Greek officials are seeking support for a new debt agreement. ... The Germans are conveniently ignoring is their own record as one of history's biggest deadbeats. In the 1920s, according to a prominent German economic hi... Read more...
08 February 2015
''Germany's resurgence has only been possible through waiving extensive debt payments and stopping reparations to its World War II victims'', economic historian Albrecht Ritschl told Der Spiegel in 2011, describing Germa... Read more...
30 January 2015
The UK government's goal of cutting public spending so public finances are back in the black by 2018-19 with a large annual surplus by the end of the next parliament will not be delivered, most economists believe. How... Read more...
01 January 2015
Blog article posted by John Van Reenen George Osborne's Autumn Statement was a reminder of the government's missed targets and missed opportunities, writes John Van Reenen. The Chancellor's promise to eliminate the stru... Read more...
03 December 2014
Another 1m public sector jobs are expected to be lost over the next five years as part of the latest squeeze on the public finances. ... Adjusted for inflation, wages have fallen by about a 10th since the financial crisi... Read more...
The chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, has delivered the financial package he hopes will convince voters to deliver a Conservative majority in May 2015. Here, a team of academic experts [that includes the Centr... Read more...
Luis Garicano, Professor at the London School of Economics, says that ''Investors are waiting for a long time for the three things proposed by Mario Draghi (President of the European Central Bank) to happen: Germany to l... Read more...
18 October 2014
Article by Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde and Luis Garicano Summer reading: the new regeneration Our normally apathetic civil society mobilizes periodically to demand institutional changes that bring us closer to Europe ... Read more...
19 July 2014
Luis Garicano interviewed regarding Spanish finance system. This programme was broadcast by Antena 3 on July 1, 2014 Link to broadcast here Related links Luis Garicano webpage Productivity and Innovation Program... Read more...
01 July 2014
The problem of Spain: No deterrent for fiscal offences without imprisonment for perpetrators ... Luis Garicano, con su libro El dilema de Espana. Si los gobernantes no interiorizan que deben reformar las instituciones d... Read more...
03 May 2014