Today at the School of Law of the University of Nottingham takes place the second Greek Public Policy Forum. Τhe “Greek Public Policy Forum” is an initiative led by a number of university scholars and more generally by people who … Continue reading →
Things happen in my head when I read Paul Krugman about the Great Divide that Emerged in Macroeconomics in the 1970s , 40 years and more ago, and all the sorry crazy mistakes that we economists are doing right this … Continue reading →
Why do seemingly irrational superstitious beliefs form and persist? To what extent do strong cultural beliefs translate into observable behavior? And how do superstitions about luck and success translate into performance in foreign environments that do not share these beliefs? … Continue reading →
Debt/GDP ratio at 120%. If your name is Italy, at least so we are told, this number is a monster that needs to be soon vanquished through austerity. If your name is Greece this 120% is the oasis at the end of … Continue reading →
”I like the desert. It’s hot there in the desert, but it’s clean.” Lawrence of Arabia, 1962, the movie. The Germans. The Greeks. That bloated public sector. Of whom? The Greeks? Think again, by reading the ECB working paper of … Continue reading →