Category Archives: European unemployment

The Owl of Minerva takes flight at dusk:The anti-Keynesian era is drawing to a close

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

The Owl of Minerva takes flight at dusk: The anti-Keynesian era is drawing to a close By Harold R. Chorney, Professor of political economy, Concordia university, Montreal.( I originally submitted this to the New York Times as an op ed … Continue reading →

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Austerity backers in Europe in retreat ? Barroso calls for re-orientation to growth.

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

The head of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso has called for Europe to downgrade its austerity policies and re-emphasize policies which stimulate growth. He argues in a speech today , according to The Wall Street Journal,that austerity no longer … Continue reading →

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Unemployment in Europe averages 12 % as of February 2013

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

The bitter fruits of austerity are on display in the latest unemployment report from Eurostat. Overall there are 26 million people out of work in Europe. unemployment averages 12 %. It is 10.8 % in France,7.7 % in the U.K., … Continue reading →

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Cypriot events send worrisome message to savers and bank customers throughout Europe.

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

The dust is now settling on the wreckage of the Cypriot economy and its financial services sector. In a move that shocked many millions of people in Europe and elsewhere the European union , the ECB and the IMF imposed … Continue reading →

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Robert Mundell, Columbia University economist criticizes overvalued euro which promotes unemployment and urges QE

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

Robert Mundell, a Nobel prize winning Canadian economist at Columbia University and a specialist on trade,exchange rates and currencies has wisely critiqued the European central bank for allowing an overvalued exchange rate on the euro which has harmed growth in … Continue reading →

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Italian electorate rejects austerity by overwhelming margin

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

The Italian electorate has overwhelmingly rejected the austerity which its technocratic government led by Mario Monti with the backing of Germany had imposed on the country. Mr. Monti’s party according to La Repubblicca received a mere 10.5 % of the … Continue reading →

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Europe still mired in austerity, slow growth and possible recession and excessive unemployment

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

The situation in Europe continues to be worrisome and exasperating. The stubborn ideologically driven opposition to stimulating the economy through major infrastructure and employment creating investments and a supportive low interest monetary policy including where appropriate quantitative easing is long … Continue reading →

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Keynes’s Fundamental Equations From The Treatise on Money

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

The symbols used in A Treatise on Money are somewhat different from the General Theory  and for those who are familiar with GT but not the Treatise are a little confusing at first. See both Keynes’s A Treatise on Money vol.1 ch.10 … Continue reading →

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Hoarding, speculation and the problem of unemployment

Posted on December 1, 2012 by

The classical school of economics always argued that wages would adjust to clear gluts of unemployed workers over a reasonably short period of time and that cash would not be hoarded but used to purchase bonds or otherwise spent on … Continue reading →

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Mark Carney chosen to head the Bank of England: Bold Decision Big Challenges Ahead

Posted on November 26, 2012 by

The Decision of the British government to appoint the Canadian central banker Mark Carney as the new Governor of the Bank of England , the crown jewel of central banks, is a bold decision by Chancellor George Osborne and PM … Continue reading →

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