Why Didn’t the Allies Get Rid of Franco After the Second World War?
28 Jan 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, war and peace Tags: Spain, World War II
How King Charles II’s Health Problems Plunged Europe Into War
23 Jan 2021 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: Spain
Shocking Facts About the Spanish Empire
23 Jan 2021 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics Tags: age of empires, Spain
But French laws are so crap that the tribal council on the Survivor TV show were successful sued for unjustified dismissal & redundancy pay
15 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, Public Choice, television, unemployment Tags: employment law, employment protection, France, Spain
After Charles II Of Spain Died In 1700, His Autopsy Revealed Some Truly Astonishing Results
29 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: Spain
Spain Is Not A Federation: Autonomous Communities of Spain Explained
09 Oct 2017 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, Public Choice Tags: Spain
Basque – A Language of Mystery
24 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture Tags: economics of languages, Spain
Spain Is Not A Federation: Autonomous Communities of Spain Explained
22 Mar 2017 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy Tags: economics of federalism, Spain
The World’s Strangest Borders Part 2: Spain
18 Feb 2017 Leave a comment
in international economics, International law Tags: economics of borders, maps, Spain
General government net financial liabilities as % Portuguese, Italian, Greek, Spanish and Irish GDPs
03 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, economic history, Euro crisis, financial economics, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), macroeconomics Tags: Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, public debt management, sovereign debt crises, sovereign defaults, Spain
I had borrowed a lot of money from scratch after 2007. Greece borrowed a lot of money of its own accord from 2010. Italy always owed a lot of money. Spanish do not know all that much money considering their dire financial circumstances.
Source: OECD Economic Outlook June 2016 Data extracted on 01 Jun 2016 12:57 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat
Waiting for the permits to come in: business start-up fees and lost output waiting in Europe and North America
09 May 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, law and economics Tags: barriers to entry, Belgium, British economy, Canada, cost of doing business, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain
Expediting the processing of permits can actually make quite a difference to firm start-up costs even in countries with few barriers to starting up a business.
Source: Markus Poschke (2011) Entry regulation: Still costly | VOX, CEPR’s Policy Portal.
Note: The value of time is set to a business day’s output per day of waiting time at 22 business days per month.
The cost of starting a business in Europe and North America
18 Apr 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: barriers to entry, Belgium, British economy, Canada, Denmark, doing business, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain
These measures including the full cost of starting a business. Not only are official fees included, the opportunity cost of the waiting times for various permits are issued are added as well.
Source: Markus Poschke, Entry regulation: Still costly | VOX, CEPR’s Policy Portal (2011).
Note: The value of time is set to a business day’s output per day of waiting time at 22 business days per month.
General government expenditure as % of Portuguese, Italian, Greek and Spanish GDP since 1960
24 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in economic growth, economic history, Euro crisis, fiscal policy, macroeconomics, public economics Tags: Greece, growth of government, Italy, Portugal, size of government, Spain
I do not think any of these countries have governments who can really handle managing half of national income on a regular basis. The Italian, and I assume Greek GDPs at least are topped up quite considerably to take account of their underground economies. The top up for Italy is 20%.
Data extracted on 23 Feb 2016 07:45 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat.
Tax revenue as % of Portuguese, Italian, Greek and Spanish GDP
23 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, public economics Tags: Greece, growth of government, Italy, Portugal, size of government, Spain
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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