Category Archives: European debt crisis

Greek Government seeks referendum approval of latest measures:panic among some lenders at prospect of democracy

Posted on November 2, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Prime Minister Papandreou has apparently shocked some European leaders by announcing that he and his cabinet have decided to submit the latest bail-out and austerity package to a democratic referendum. In the crucible of democracy this seems wholly appropriate since … Continue reading →

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The Deficit:Hysteria and the Current Crisis

Posted on October 11, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

DeficitPapers-Chapter 2 – This essay  originally written in 1983-84 and the introduction to it (1992) was reprinted in my book with Phillip Hansen Toward a Humanist Political Economy published in 1992. I am including it here because it contains analysis … Continue reading →

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European debt crisis continues slow response of the ECB and European politicians at the heart of the problem.

Posted on September 12, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Paul Krugman in today’s New York Times has an excellent column criticizing the European Central bank for its mishandling of the sovereign debt crisis. I totally agree with him and I commented as follows below. ”Prof. Krugman is quite correct … Continue reading →

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After the Crash:Rediscovering Keynes and the origins of quantitative easing (2nd posting)

Posted on June 3, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

By Harold R.Chorney Professor of Political economy, Concordia University Montréal, Québec Preface: More than twenty five years ago I began to write about problems of public finance.( Chorney, 1984) At the time that I began to do so, I never … Continue reading →

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I’m Back

Posted on March 12, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Well its nice to be back on line after the hacker attack my e mail and blog suffered from last week. My blogspot site was attacked and although one can still visit it and view its contents I decided for … Continue reading →

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