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Christopher Pissarides, London School of Economics, the winner of a Nobel Prize, said that Greece still has structural problems such as low productivity and lack of competitiveness. Greece is likely to need international... Read more...
11 September 2015
Nobel Prize winning economist Christopher Pissarides of the London School of Economics said Greece still ... This article was published online by The National Herald on September 10, 2015 Link to article here [subsc... Read more...
10 September 2015
Dennis Novy interviewed. The topic was the resignation statement of the Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras, and what it means for the bailout programme and the Greek economy. The interview was broadcast by Al Jazeera ... Read more...
20 August 2015
Article by Dennis Novy Alexis Tsipras will be able to survive, for one simple reason: there’s no better alternative. The Greeks don’t want to leave the Eurozone. The last months have shown that the government's prev... Read more...
17 August 2015
Dennis Novy interviewed lived on BBC World on Grexit, discussing the Greek bailout and long-term issues re huge imbalances in the Eurozone. This interview was broadcast by the BBC World Service on August 11, 2015 [ No ... Read more...
11 August 2015
Albrecht Ritschl is interviewed on market crashes and China. The interview was broadcast by CNN International Europe - The Business View News on July 9, 2015 [No link available] Related publications 'Reparations, Def... Read more...
09 July 2015
... creditors, in exchange for pro-market reforms'', said Professor Albrecht Ritschl of the London School of Economics. West Germany was able to borrow on international markets again, and, free ... This article was publ... Read more...
Leading academics from the London School of Economics have called on both Greece and its international creditors to adopt a more responsible approach. This article was published online by Business Reporter on July 9, 20... Read more...
Twenty-six members of the faculty at the London School of Economics (LSE) have called for Greece's creditors to ease the austerity measures they have imposed over the last five years. In an open letter, the professors wr... Read more...
Dennis Novy live interview, commenting on the dramatic developments on Greece and the Eurozone crisis. This interview was broadcast by Sky News on June 29, 2015 Link to interview here [Starts at 9.40am] Related links... Read more...
29 June 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...
In the following op-ed, 13 prominent economists from around the world call on Greece to sign a credible agreement with the Europeans immediately. CEP's Professor Christopher Pissarides, Nobel Laureate, London School of ... Read more...
Nobel Prize-winning economist Christopher Pissarides tells DW why he is deeply disappointed with the Greek government's mismanagement of the debt crisis. He also explains what Germany could have done better. This articl... Read more...
Dennis Novy gave a live interview, commenting on the dramatic developments on Greece and the Eurozone crisis. The interview was broadcast by Al Jazeera on their ''Newshour'' Programme Link to the interview here [Star... Read more...
28 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...
''I don't understand what kind of economics they have in their minds, or who is deciding that this is economics,'' said Christopher Pissarides, a Nobel prizewinner at the London School of Economics. ''Who is going to inv... Read more...
Interview with LSE Professor and Economics Nobel Prize winner Christopher Pissarides on proposed austerity measures in Greece. The interview was broadcast by BBC News on June 25, 2015 [No link available] Related link... Read more...
25 June 2015
Follow-up interview, Dennis Novy on latest Greece negotiations. This interview was broadcast by Voice of America on June 23, 2015 Link to interview here Related links Dennis Novy webpage Globalisation Programme w... Read more...
23 June 2015
Dennis Novy interviewed, speaking about latest Greece negotiations. This interview was broadcast on the BBC World Service World Update programme on June 23, 2015 Link to interview here [Ca. 32min 35sec into the progra... Read more...
Dennis Novy on the latest Greece negotiations. This interview was broadcast by Sky News on June 23, 2015 Related links Dennis Novy webpage Globalisation Programme webpage Dennis Novy CEP publications webpage ... Read more...
8.50am: live radio interview Dennis Novy interviewed, speaking about Greece and the looming IMF deadline. The interview was broadcast by BBC Coventry and Warwickshire on the Shane O'Connor Breakfast Show on June 22, ... Read more...
22 June 2015
See: Comment by georgep76 3dago - below the cartoon Germany has been described as the biggest ''debt transgressor'' of the 20th Century, with restructurings in 1924, 1929, 1932 and 1953. Total debt forgiveness for Germ... Read more...
21 June 2015
Dennis Novy interviewed, speaking about Greece and the looming IMF deadline. This interview was broadcast by BBC News on June 21, 2015 [No link available] Related links Dennis Novy webpage Globalisation Programm... Read more...
But Associate Professor of Economics at Britain's University of Warwick, Dennis Novy, expects neither success nor disaster at Monday's summit. ... Novy says default would not immediately create a crisis because key cred... Read more...
19 June 2015
A look back: national bankruptcies are not so rare The economic historian Albrecht Ritschl called Germany the most wayward of the 20th century: ''The Federal Republic owes your today's financial stability and its status... Read more...
18 June 2015
Dennis Novy did an interview with Radio Sputnik, a Russian radio station. The topic was Greece and the Eurozone crisis. The interview was broadcast by Radio Sputnik (Russia) on June 12, 2015 Link to interview here ... Read more...
12 June 2015
An even more dramatic example is provided by Germany itself. Historically, Germany has been described as the biggest ''debt transgressor'' of the 20th Century, with restructurings in 1924, 1929, 1932 and 1953. Total debt... Read more...
18 March 2015
Q: How do you calculate reparations for something as catastrophic as WWII? A: Were Germany to pay reparations for the whole of the destruction it caused during the war - the Nazis were estimated to have been responsib... Read more...
10 February 2015
Albrecht Ritschl interviewed, discussing Greece's claim that it helped Germany financially after the Second World War and the political motivations behind it. The interview was broadcast on the BBC World Service Globa... Read more...
09 February 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...
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
Dr Dennis Novy talking about Europe's economy if Syriza win the Greek election. The interview was broadcast by Sky News on January 28, 2015 Link to broadcast here Related links Dennis Novy webpage Globalisatio... Read more...
28 January 2015
''Tsipras's initial decisions, especially his coalition with a nationalist-hooligan party, point toward an exit from the euro,'' Luis Garicano, an economics professor at the London School of Economics, said on Twitter. '... Read more...
27 January 2015