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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
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...
The economic historian Albrecht Ritschl of the London School of Economics comes to the conclusion that: ''Germany is the biggest debt sinner of the 20th Century''. This article was published by Spiegel online on Feb... Read more...
02 February 2015