Category Archive: 2) Swiss and European Macro

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Web conference with Heiner Flassbeck

2012-09-03

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Help us caption and translate this video on Amara.org: http://www.amara.org/en/v/B6PK/ Heiner Flassbeck is the Director of the Division on Globalization and Development Strategies at UNCTAD in Geneva, and former deputy finance minister of Germany. A prominent economist, Flassbeck has been at the forefront of critiquing myths about the financial crisis, and is an unparalleled expert …

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Eurobonds, fiscal or banking union are all pure utopia

2012-08-31

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2012-08-31

Eurobonds dare pure utopia SNBCHF.COM
Germany’s stance in the euro crisis: More than ESM will not be possible for many years updated on August 31, 2012   German politicians and the German Bundesbank believe that the Euro crisis can be only solved by supply side reforms as formulated in the Euro Plus Pact, reforms that were already successfully introduced during the Thatcher/Reagan era in the …

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Frank Schäffler Seitenweise: Economics von Henry Hazlitt

2012-08-31

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Frank Schäfflers Buchbesprechung zu Henry Hazlitts „Economics”

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The End of ECB Rate Cuts or Draghi against Weidmann to be Continued..

2012-08-30

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2012-08-30

Draghi vs. Weidmann
  Even in the unlikely case of a fiscal union, the conflict “Draghi against Weidmann”, between the ECB and the Bundesbank will continue for years. The ECB mandate and european inflation figures do not allow for excessive ECB rate cuts or for state financing via the printing press, but Draghi wants to help his struggling …

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Economic Indicators: In Switzerland and Germany the Euro Crisis Seems to Be Far Away

2012-08-29

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2012-08-29

Swiss & German Economic Indicators, August 2012
 Swiss vs. German Economic Indicators, August 2012        Both Swiss and German economic indicators show continued signs of stability. Especially low unemployment, good retail sales and strong trade balances are signs of robustness. The German trade surplus has improved compared to last year, whereas the strong franc harmed the Swiss trade surplus just a bit. …

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Frank Schäffler Seitenweise: Abhandlung über die Natur des Handels im allgemeinen

2012-08-24

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www.frank-schaeffler.de

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Prof. Dr. Heiner Flassbeck befürwortet Trennbankensystem

2012-08-21

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Ursprungsvideo : Globales Finanz-Casino weiterhin geöffnet | Trennbankensystem nötig! http://youtu.be/GmA8rIttZ9I Dieses Video beinhaltet zwei wichtige Aspekte … es weist auf die fortgeschrittene Ökonomie von Prof. Dr. Heiner Flassbeck, seine Lösungsvorschläge und Eintreten für das Trennbankensystem von Investmentbanken. Nur Banken, die sich auf ihre ursprünglichen Aufgaben konzentrieren, sollten den bevorrechtigten Zugang zu günstigen...

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8) Euro Crisis and Euro Macro

We are currently looking for a curator that takes over the euro macro category. The Euro Crisis and its Reasons, details and chronology, German economists ,Eurobonds, fiscal or banking union,Who Says No to Austerity, Says Yes to the Northern Euro Ways to the Northern Euro

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Prof. Dr. Heiner Flassbeck, UNO-Ökonom zur Eurokrise – Kontext TV

2012-08-12

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übernommener Beitrag von Kontext TV bitte besuchen sie die Webseite unter: http://www.kontext-tv.de/node/252 Die derzeitige Politik der Troika und der Bundesregierung könne die Krise nur verschärfen, so Heiner Flassbeck. Haushaltkonsolidierung durch Ausgabenkürzung habe in einer Rezession noch nie funktioniert. Zentrale Ursache der Eurokrise seien nicht die Haushaltsdefizite einzelner Länder, sondern die Handelsungleichgewichte in der Eurozone....

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Heiner Flassbeck (UNCTAD): Regierung Merkel verschärft Eurokrise – Kontext TV

2012-08-11

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Mit Heiner Flassbeck, Chefökonom der UNCTAD Vollständigr Sendung: http://www.kontext-tv.de/node/252 Die derzeitige Politik der Troika und der Bundesregierung könne die Krise nur verschärfen, so Heiner Flassbeck. Haushaltkonsolidierung durch Ausgabenkürzung habe in einer Rezession noch nie funktioniert. Zentrale Ursache der Eurokrise seien nicht die Haushaltsdefizite einzelner Länder, sondern die Handelsungleichgewichte in der Eurozone. Während...

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All roads lead to a euro zone break-up

2012-08-10

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2012-08-10

2 solutions for euro zone will work acceptable for Germany
For us all roads lead to a euro zone break-up and multiple sovereign defaults.   Our reasoning can be summarized as follows: Equities are worthless when associated debt becomes encumbered (risk capital takes the  first loss). Equity is not an asset; it is merely the remainder that is left over once debt is subtracted from …

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Otmar Issing’s new book on the euro crisis

2012-08-10

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2012-08-10

Issing Book
  We well remember when the über-bailouter of the Financial Times Wolfgang Münchau claimed that except some old economy professors like Otmar Issing nobody in Germany would like to abolish the euro. According to Münchau the euro can be saved only via a fiscal and a banking union. The response to Münchau’s post could be … Continue reading...

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Frank Schäffler SEITENWEISE – Der Streik von Ayn Rand

2012-08-09

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Frank Schäffler stellt im Rahmen der Serie „Frank & Frei: Seitenweise” das Buch „Der Streik” von Ayn Rand vor und erläutert seine Aktualität. http://www.frank-schaeffler.de/

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Heiner Flassbeck, The European Crisis…

2012-08-05

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Extract from Heiner Flassbeck’s Lecture; Director of globalization and development strategies for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD, Düsseldorf Mar 7, 2012. Long a supporter of Keynesian fiscal policies, Flassbeck supports wage increases in Germany to stimulate the domestic economy and in turn boost exports from struggling European countries. For the Full …

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24.07.2012 – Projektgruppe ESM – Podiumsgespräch mit Peter Bofinger und Klaus Regling

2012-08-01

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Mumble-Konferenz vom 24.07.2012 mit Peter Bofinger und Klaus Regling über den ESM. http://wiki.piratenpartei.de/Projektgruppe_ESM

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Dirk Müller: Die Strasse wird das Euro-Aus erzwingen

2012-08-01

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2012-08-01

Dirk Müller: Die Strasse wird das Euro-Aus erzwingen      

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Heiner Flassbeck, UNCTAD-Chefökonom, zur Euro-Krise (SWR-Tagesgespräch/25.07.12)

2012-07-27

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Quelle: http://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=13999#h02 Warnung vor Spekulationen um einen Euro-Austritt Griechenlands: „In ganz Südeuropa haben wir eine heimliche Kapitalflucht”.

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Guest Post: Six Reasons Why Italy May Exit the Euro Before Spain; Ultimate Occupy Movement

2012-07-24

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2012-07-24

Beppe Grillo
Six Reasons Why Italy May Exit Before Spain 1) Rise of the Five Star Movement 2) 44% of Italians view the euro negatively, only 30% favorably. That is biggest negative spread in the eurozone. In Spain more view the euro positively than negative, albeit by a small 4 percentage point spread.

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Lo que Peter Bofinger afirma en palabras de Ernesto Ekaizer

2012-07-23

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Al Rojo Vivo – La Sexta TV

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