MacroPolis

Spain’s economic recovery languishes amid graft scandals

Overwhelmed by corruption cases, Spain is struggling to recover from a two-year-long recession that is reflected in an unemployment rate that still remains over 25 percent -the second highest in the euro zone after Greece- and in a sluggish credit flow.

Contributor: Arturo Lopo

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Categories: Europe (298), Politics (421), Economy (357), Society (156)

Buying time: The delayed crisis of democratic capitalism - a review

By now books about the financial crisis of 2008/09 and the sovereign debt crisis in the euro area since 2010 could fill entire libraries across the globe. The crisis narrative continues to carry such resonance in publishing houses, ranging from eye witness accounts, academic analysis, textbook guidance and even finding its way into novels.

Contributor: Jens Bastian

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Categories: Europe (298), Politics (421), Economy (357), Society (156), Greece (538)

Troika inquiry: talk to the organ grinder, not the monkey

The European Parliament’s inquiry into the troika and its record in eurozone bailouts sounds like a welcome effort to hold Europe’s crisis managers to account.

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Categories: Europe (298), Politics (421), Economy (357), Greece (538)

It's not the distance; it's the load you carry

It is natural to attempt to instill some hope when one addresses a nation that has been battered by six years of the deepest recession in world history and has endured four years of unprecedented austerity.

Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis

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Categories: Economy (357), Greece (538)

A macroeconomic assessment of the Cypriot economy after the haircut

Why has the Cypriot economy faced a smaller than anticipated dip for 2013? What is the relevance of the answers to this question for the shape of Cyprus recession and for its medium to long-run economic growth prospects?

Contributor: Marios Zachariadis

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Categories: Europe (298), Economy (357)