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Άποψη: Οικονομία και ανάπτυξη το 2017

Kathimerini, 20 Μάρτιος 2017. Με επιφύλαξη παντός δικαιώματος. Η ​​εικόνα που προβάλλει μεγάλη μερίδα του Τύπου μιλώντας για «πραγματική οικονομία στα όρια του εκτροχιασμού» με το ΑΕΠ και τις επενδύσεις να σημειώνουν «νέο αρνητικό ρεκόρ 20ετίας» είναι πλασματική και βασίζεται εν μέρει στις αρνητικές επιδόσεις του δ΄ τριμήνου 2016 και σε εκτιμήσεις για μηδενική ανάπτυξη […]

Greece Needs a New Technologically Upgraded and Extrovert Growth Model, Says Econ Min Papadimitriou

Athens-Macedonian News Agency, March 19, 2017. All Rights Reserved. The country's development plan focuses on the attraction of investments to dynamic and innovative businesses, stated Economy Minister Dimitris Papadimitriou in a statement to the Sunday edition of Ethnos newspaper…. Read more: http://www.amna.gr/english/article/17744/Greece-needs-a-new-technologically-upgraded-and-extrovert-growth-model–says-Econ-Min-Papadimitriou  

Working Paper No. 886

How Germany’s Anti-Keynesianism Has Brought Europe to Its Knees

This paper investigates the (lack of any lasting) impact of John Maynard Keynes’s General Theory on economic policymaking in Germany. The analysis highlights the interplay between economic history and the history of ideas in shaping policymaking in postwar (West) Germany. The paper argues that Germany learned the wrong lessons from its own history and misread […]

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India’s Unexplored “Bill of Rights”: A Tool for Gender-Sensitive Public Policy

The Justice Verma Committee submitted its report on January 23, 2013. In addition to recommendations for reforming laws related to sexual violence, harassment, and trafficking, it provided a comprehensive framework for gender justice through a proposed “Bill of Rights.” The Verma Committee’s recommendations are still waiting to be transformed into public policy. We must not forget [...]

Working Paper No. 885

Quality of Statistical Match of Household Budget Survey and SILC for Turkey

This paper presents the quality analysis of the statistical matching conducted for a research study on household consumption behavior, household indebtedness, and inequality for Turkey. The match has been done for four years (2005, 2008, 2009, and 2012) of Household Budget Surveys (HBS) and the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC). The aim of […]

Working Paper No. 884

Gendered Patterns of Time Use over the Life Cycle

Using data from the 2006 Turkish Time-Use Survey, we examine gender differences in time allocation among married heterosexual couples over the life cycle. While we find large discrepancies in the gender division of both paid and unpaid work at each life stage, the gender gap in paid and unpaid work is largest among parents of […]

Working Paper No. 883

Fiscal Policy, Economic Growth and Innovation

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of public expenditures on economic growth within the analytical framework of comprehensive Neo-Schumpeterian economics. Using a fixed-effects model for G20 countries, the paper investigates the links between the specific categories of public expenditures and economic growth, captured in human capital formation, defense, infrastructure development, and technological innovation. The results reveal […]

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“America First” and Financial Stability: 26th Minsky Conference

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN: April 18–19, 2017 Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Blithewood Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504 The 2017 Minsky Conference will address the implications of the new administration’s “America First” policies, focusing on the outlook for trade, taxation, fiscal, and financial regulation measures to generate domestic investments capable of moving the growth rate beyond [...]

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L. Randall Wray on MMT and Positive Money

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Greece’s Economy Minister Confident of Reaching Deal With Creditors

The Wall Street Journal, February 9, 2017. All Rights Reserved. ATHENS—Greece’s economy minister said he is optimistic the country can resolve its deadlock with its international creditors this month over how to fulfill its bailout program, allowing Greece to bring down its borrowing costs and return to bond markets late this year…. Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/greeces-economy-minister-confident-of-reaching-deal-with-creditors-1486651074

Greece’s Economy Minister Confident of Reaching Deal with Creditors

Minister Dimitri B. Papadimitriou expects agreement to be reached at February 20 Eurogroup meeting.

Public Policy Brief No. 143

Brazil Still in Troubled Waters

Since inheriting the Brazilian presidency five months ago, the new Temer administration has successfully ratified a constitutional amendment imposing a radical, two-decades-long public spending freeze, purportedly aimed at sparking an increase in business confidence and investment. In this policy brief, Fernando Cardim de Carvalho explains why this fiscal strategy is based not only on a […]