The E.U.’s failure to unblock loans to Athens and U.K.-budget wrangles likely will make for a rancorous summit
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Beware the Bond Bubble
Few investors in these troubled times would dream of expecting double digit returns.
Is the Stock Market Wildly Overoptimistic?
Stocks appear to be flying too high in light of the enormous number of risks that the U.S. economy faces over the next 12 months.
4 Ways the Euro Could Fail
All courses of action appear to lead to an eventual financial crisis of some sort. But moderate progrowth policies are the best bet to minimize the damage
The Future of the Euro: Why Sentiment Alone Can’t Save the Union
Being an American journalist reporting on the troubles of Europe is sometimes an ego-damaging experience. I regularly encounter economists, officials and other Europeans who take the attitude that we Yanks just don’t understand
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Why Germany Should Leave the Euro Zone
The departure of Germany would take pressure off the weaker countries, and the costs of breaking up the euro zone will have to be paid no matter who leaves
Curious CapitalistEurope
Europe’s Economic Woes: That Sound You Hear Is the Euro Cracking
A breakup in the euro zone just got more real with the announcement of the short list for the Wolfson Economics Prize, a prestigious economics award that has the biggest payout (£250,000, or about $400,000) after the Nobel …
Why Portugal May Be the Next Greece
The worst is over for the euro zone, the experts say. But Greece isn’t really fixed and Portugal could become a second big problem before year-end
Curious CapitalistEconomy & Policy
Is America’s Economic Recovery Real?
That’s the $64,000 question, particularly for the U.S. presidential elections – if things keep improving, it’s only good news for Obama. The economy has been on a roll this year, with unemployment down, consumer and …
My Top Five Takeaways from Davos
One of the challenges of covering the World Economic Forum at Davos as a journalist is making sense of the whole thing. The forum is days and days of wandering conversations and endless debates on just about every subject you can …
Why the Eurozone Can’t Just Muddle Through
There’s a growing optimism that the common European currency can be saved, but the numbers argue that this is unrealistic.
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Are Companies More Powerful Than Countries?
In 2008, after Lehman Brothers fell and the financial crisis and global recession began, the conventional wisdom was that we were entering an era in which government would take back power from business. In fact, just the opposite …
