The risks of low and negative interest rates in the Eurozone
Originally published by CapX, with Cindy Morand
From around 4% in 2008, the ECB has been lowering its benchmark interest rate to a record low 0.0% today....
An EU Subsidiarity Court as a means to keep the ECJ...
Originally published by New Direction's magazine (p.38)
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg is the final arbiter when it comes to interpreting the EU...
5 myths regarding the current refugee and migration crisis
Originally published by CapX
During the current refugee and migration crisis, a number of myths, often propagated to serve all kind of agendas, continue to...
Germany is not to blame for the Greek crisis
Originally published by CapX, on 10 July 2015
Writing for CapX, Iain Martin writes that “the financial and political elite has behaved appallingly towards the Greeks”,...
Do we need EU regulation to open up trade in Europe?...
Originally published in Liberaal Reveil, the magazine of the Dutch Telders Foundation
How to open up markets in the European Union? There basically are two...
QE for the people? Thanks, but no thanks
Published on ZeroHedge
A number of economists propose in the FT to implement what has been dubbed "QE for the people".
They start off quite well, noting:
"The evidence suggests that conventional QE is an unreliable...