Roberts Solow on the British disease and Eurosclerosis

21 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in currency unions, economic growth, economics of regulation, Euro crisis, fiscal policy, job search and matching, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics Tags: , , , ,

Robert Solow amateur psychology

HT: Brad Delong

Europe’s Greater Depression is worse than the 1930s

16 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

Europe's Greater Depression

HT: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/08/14/europes-greater-depression-is-worse-than-the-1930s/

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Who gains and who loses from employment protection laws over the business cycle?

13 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in business cycles, economics of regulation, Euro crisis, job search and matching, labour economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, unemployment Tags: , , ,

banerji chart 2

banerji chart 1

HT: IMF

Why do the poor in America live in bigger houses than the European middle class?

08 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: , ,

Living Space: American and European Housing

 

Living Space per Dwelling: United States and Europe

HT: Understanding Poverty in the United States: Poverty USA.

Eurozone deflation

28 Feb 2015 Leave a comment

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The economic performance of the USA, Japan and the European Union prior to the global financial crisis

23 Feb 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in business cycles, economic growth, Edward Prescott, Euro crisis, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, macroeconomics, politics - USA Tags: , ,

Source: Edward Prescott

Euro-area industrial output in 2014, still 12% below 2008 levels

13 Feb 2015 Leave a comment

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Greece’s problem is Rule Of Law

05 Feb 2015 Leave a comment

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Is Euroland an optimal currency area?

05 Feb 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in currency unions, Euro crisis, global financial crisis (GFC), macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags: ,

HT: Evaluating-Optimum-Currency-Areas-The-US-versus-Europe

Germany had major labour market deregulation on the eve of the global financial crisis

31 Jan 2015 Leave a comment

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Greece should default and abandon the euro – Jeff Miron

27 Jan 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in budget deficits, currency unions, development economics, economic growth, economic history, Euro crisis, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), growth disasters, law and economics, macroeconomics, poverty and inequality Tags: , , , ,

via BBC News – Viewpoint: Greece should default and abandon the euro.

A 1930s-style depression = 1930s-style politics

27 Jan 2015 Leave a comment

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R&D tax incentives: New evidence on trends and effectiveness | VOX, CEPR’s Policy Portal

21 Jan 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, entrepreneurship, survivor principle Tags: , , , ,

Figure 1: No relation between a country’s innovativeness and R&D tax credits

Figure 2. Proliferation of R&D tax credits in Europe

via R&D tax incentives: New evidence on trends and effectiveness | VOX, CEPR’s Policy Portal.

Economic Rebounds in U.S. and Euro Zone: Deceivingly Similar, Strikingly Different

20 Jan 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in business cycles, Euro crisis, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, labour economics, macroeconomics, unemployment Tags:

via Economic Rebounds in U.S. and Euro Zone: Deceivingly Similar, Strikingly Different – Dallas Fed.

Super-Economy: The rich in Europe are poor.

15 Jan 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in labour economics, poverty and inequality Tags: , ,

via Super-Economy: The rich in Europe are poor..

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