Francesco Saraceno : "Draghi the Euro Breaker?"

Draghi the Euro Breaker? | Sparse Thoughts of a Gloomy European Economist



or why he is annoyed with Hans-Werner Sinn.

The Third Way's Second Chance by Andrés Velasco - Project Syndicate

The Third Way's Second Chance by Andrés Velasco - Project Syndicate

How to pull the eurozone out of the mire | CER

How to pull the eurozone out of the mire | CER

Fiscal Policy and Income Inequality

Fiscal Policy and Income Inequality

Perceptions of inequality in Europe and the US | vox

Perceptions of inequality in Europe and the US | vox

Carsten Brzeski at Merkelnomics: The Inbetweeners - German Economic Update

Merkelnomics: The Inbetweeners - German Economic Update

Academic Economists; Greek, Cypriot, and 1st 2nd, ..nth generation

The following appear in the IDEAS.repec databese ranked in the top 5% of authors.

(from the Citations Ranking of the most influencial economists (top 5%) and among the top 2000, in the order names appear)
Christopher A Pissarides,                      
Athanasios Orphanides
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg
George M. Constantinides
Costas Azariadis
George-Marios Angeletos
Apostolos Serletis
Yannis M. Ioannides
Thanasis Stengos
Dimitri Vayanos
George E. Halkos
George Psacharopoulos
Nicholas S Souleles
Nicholas Apergis
George S. Tavlas
Nicholas S. Economides
Anastasios Xepapadeas
Philip Oreopoulos
Panicos O. Demetriades
Harris Dellas
Stergios Skaperdas
John Loomis
Chris Papageorgiou
Mike Tsionas
Chris Doucouliagos
Emmanuel Skoufias
Gikas A. Hardouvelis

(from the alphabetic list)

Nicholas Apergis Pireas
George Alogoskoufis Athina
Costas Arkolakis
Spyros Arvanitis
Ioannis Asimakopoulos  Bank of Greece
Panayiotis P. Athanasoglou Bank of Greece
George-Marios Angeletos
Costas Azariadis
Spiros Bougheas
John Barkoulas
Sophocles N. Brissimis Pireas
George M. Constantinides
Georgios Chortareas
Louis N. Christofides Cyprus
Sofronis Clerides  Cyprus
Manthos D. Delis
George Deltas
Panicos O. Demetriades
Chris Doucouliagos
John Doukas
Konstantinos Drakos Athens
John V. Duca
Nicholas S. Economides
Claire Economidou Piraeus
Stilianos Fountas Macedonia
Christos Floros   Krete
Chryssi Giannitsarou
Periklis Gogas  Thrace
Nikolaos Georgantzís
Yannis Georgellis
Vassilis Argyrou Hajivassiliou
George Hondroyiannis Athina (Harakopeio)
George E. Halkos Thessalia
Arthur Hosios
Gikas A. Hardouvelis Pireaus
Yannis M. Ioannides
Erricos John Kontoghiorghes Cyprus
Andreas Kontoleon
Alexandros Kontonikas
Pantelis Kalaitzidakis Krete
Sarantis Kalyvitis Athina
Dimitris Korobilis
Christos Kotsogiannis
Christos Koulovatianos
Phoebe Koundouri Athina
Michael Kouparitsas
Georgios P. Kouretas Athina
George Kapetanios
Loukas Karabarbounis
Giannis Karagiannis Thes/niki
Marika Karanassou
Alexander S. Kritikos
Georgios Karras
Constantinos Katrakilidis Thes/niki
Manolis G. Kavussanos Athina
Panagiotis Lazaridis Athina
Panagiotis G Liargovas Tripoli
Sophocles Mavroeidis
Vassilis Monastiriotis
Anastasios G. Malliaris
Costas Meghir
John Marangos Thes/niki
Thomas Moutos Athina
Alexander Michaelides
Stelios Michalopoulos
Costas Milas
Philip Oreopoulos
Athanasios Orphanides
Christopher A Pissarides
Christos Pitelis
Nikitas Pittis Piraeus
Theodore Panagiotidis Thes/niki
John Panaretos Athina
Herakles Polemarchakis
Dimitri B. Papadimitriou
Chris Papageorgiou
Yorgos Yanni Papageorgiou
Elias Papaioannou
Christos Papazoglou BankofGreece
Evi Paraskevi Pappa
Emmanuel Petrakis Krete
George Petrakos Thessalia
Panos Pashardes Cyprus
Fotios Pasiouras
Harry Anthony Patrinos
George Psacharopoulos
Stelios Rozakis Athina
Apostolos Serletis
Nicholas S Souleles
Vasilis Sarafidis
Spiro Stefanou
Thanasis Stengos
Andreas Savvides Cyprus
Savvakis C. Savvides Cyprus
Stefano Scarpetta
Stergios Skaperdas
Emmanuel Skoufias
Vasiliki Skreta
Constantinos Syropoulos
Athanasios Tagkalakis Athina
Konstantinos Theodoridis
Ioannis Theodossiou Athina
Konstantinos Tatsiramos
George S. Tavlas Athina
Dimitrios Panayotis Tsomocos
Efthymios Mike Tsionas Athina
Ted Temzelides
Elias Tzavalis Athina
Nickolaos Tzeremes Thessalia
Vangelis Tzouvelekas Krete
Dimitri Vayanos
Anastasios Xepapadeas  Athina
Stavros A. Zenios Cyprus

ss1. apologies if I missed a name or two

ss2. For some unkown reason John Geanakoplos (2nd, 3d generation?) went missing from the ideas database

Social justice index reveals 'highly explosive situation' in Europe | EurActiv

Social justice index reveals 'highly explosive situation' in Europe | EurActiv

Greece at the bottom

Greece, which is at the bottom of the ranking, struggles with both a youth unemployment rate of nearly 60%, a rapid increase in the risk of poverty particularly among children and youth, a health care system badly undermined by austerity measures, discrimination against minorities as a result of strengthened radical political forces, and an enormous mountain of debt that represents a mortgage on the future of coming generations.

The Bertelsmann Stiftung said these prospects represent a significant danger to Greece’s political and social stability.

Fred Block: The Tenacity of Free Market Ideology | The Institute for New Economic Thinking

Fred Block: The Tenacity of Free Market Ideology | The Institute for New Economic Thinking

Greece tells Merkel it can exit bailout early | EurActiv

Greece tells Merkel it can exit bailout early | EurActiv

Jens Weidmann :" The Euro Crisis Is Not Yet Behind US'

Interview with Bundesbank Head Jens Weidmann on Euro Crisis and ECB - SPIEGEL ONLINE

EUROPP – The absence of national adjustment tools is the reason why Eurozone countries continue to struggle

EUROPP – The absence of national adjustment tools is the reason why Eurozone countries continue to struggle

How Germany's Eurosceptics Could Tip The Eurozone Back Into Crisis - Business Insider

How Germany's Eurosceptics Could Tip The Eurozone Back Into Crisis - Business Insider

Πόσο ρεαλιστικό είναι το πρόγραμμα του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ; - γνώμες - Το Βήμα Online

Νέες εποχές: Πόσο ρεαλιστικό είναι το πρόγραμμα του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ; - γνώμες - Το Βήμα Online

Fact: T.L.T.R.O. is Too Low To Resuscitate Optimism | Silvia Merler at Bruegel.org

Fact: T.L.T.R.O. is Too Low To Resuscitate Optimism | Silvia Merler at Bruegel.org

Noah Smith : Credit Gets You a TV, Not Economic Growth" - Bloomberg View

Credit Gets You a TV, Not Economic Growth - Bloomberg View

Back to Basics - What Are Structural Policies? Finance & Development, March 2013

Back to Basics - What Are Structural Policies? Finance & Development, March 2013

Jagadeesh Gokhale, NCPA, : "Unfunded Obligations of European Countries"

www.ncpa.org/pdfs/st319.pdf



linked in  Michael Spence : Europe's Bargain

Europe’s Bargain by Michael Spence - Project Syndicate

Europe’s Bargain by Michael Spence - Project Syndicate



"the European Commission published its sixth report on economic, social, and territorial cohesion (a term that can be roughly translated as equality and inclusiveness)"



"The EU’s cohesion strategy is admirable and smart. Whereas such investment in the past was heavily tilted toward physical infrastructure – particularly transport – the agenda has shifted to a more balanced set of targets, including human capital, employment, the economy’s knowledge and technology base, information technology, low-carbon growth, and governance."

Fitch Warns Of Europe Doom Loop - Business Insider

Fitch Warns Of Europe Doom Loop - Business Insider

Timothy Taylor : European Union: Functionalism and the Ratchet Effect

CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: European Union: Functionalism and the Ratchet Effect

QS World University Rankings® 2014/15 | Top Universities

QS World University Rankings® 2014/15 | Top Universities



Τί ψυχοπλάκωμα κι αυτό! Καμία σχολή στις 200.

Στην Γενική Κατάταξη: ΕΜΠ, Κρήτη, Θεσ/νίκη, και Αθήνα κάπου μεταξύ 440 και 500! Πάτρα κάπου 601-650 και ΑΣΟΕΕ ...700 και... βάλε!

Extra information can be a bad thing if you do not keep an open mind

Extra information can be a bad thing if you do not keep an open mind

the new information you have acquired will sometimes give you greater confidence to move away from the truth

"Social imbalance in Europe is increasing" : Bertelsmann Foundation

Bertelsmann Foundation | Press Releases

The report

Martin Wolf: The Shifts and the Shocks

The Irish Economy » Blog Archive » Martin Wolf: The Shifts and the Shocks

Micro-based evidence of EU competitiveness The CompNet database

www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpwps/ecbwp1634.pdf

This is the most detailed map yet of our place in the universe - Vox

This is the most detailed map yet of our place in the universe - Vox

How the Rich Rule by Dani Rodrik - Project Syndicate

How the Rich Rule by Dani Rodrik - Project Syndicate

Ashoka Mody at Pieria : "The OMT’s fragile foundations"

The OMT’s fragile foundations



"The Greek bailout is almost certainly illegal by the ECJ’s benchmarks. To be legal under Article 125, the financial assistance must be repaid with an appropriate margin. The size of the appropriate margin is presumably a policy decision. But Greece will not repay the vast bulk of its official financial assistance. At the end of a grossly inefficient process, the burden of the sizeable eventual fiscal transfer to Greece will be shared without democratic accountability. In questioning the legality of the OMT, the German Court is essentially asking why the collective incentives will not lead once again to a Greece-like outcome."

Revisiting the collateral deal with Greece | Yle Uutiset | yle.fi

Revisiting the collateral deal with Greece | Yle Uutiset | yle.fi

Decision and experience: why don’t we choose what makes us happy?

faculty.chicagobooth.edu/christopher.hsee/vita/Papers/DecisionAndExperience.pdf

On the Demonisation of Putin | Euro Crisis in the Press

On the Demonisation of Putin | Euro Crisis in the Press

Joseph P. Joyce: EconoMonitor » The IMF and Sovereign Debt

EconoMonitor : EconoMonitor » The IMF and Sovereign Debt



check link to Speaking Truth to Power

Record Greenhouse Gas Levels Impact Atmosphere and Oceans

via Matt McGrath at BBC

Record Greenhouse Gas Levels Impact Atmosphere and Oceans

Record Greenhouse Gas Levels Impact Atmosphere and Oceans

via Matt McGrath at BBC

Record Greenhouse Gas Levels Impact Atmosphere and Oceans

Poland ‘can offer economic recipe’ to the EU | EurActiv

Poland ‘can offer economic recipe’ to the EU | EurActiv

How Europe's low inflation impedes fiscal and structural reform: ECB, heal thyself | The Economist

How Europe's low inflation impedes fiscal and structural reform: ECB, heal thyself | The Economist

Two Views of Russia (after Mearsheimer)

Economic Principals » Blog Archive » Two Views of Russia

Should Venezuela Default? by Ricardo Hausmann and Miguel Angel Santos - Project Syndicate

Should Venezuela Default? by Ricardo Hausmann and Miguel Angel Santos - Project Syndicate

Facing Reality in the Eurozone by Adair Turner - Project Syndicate

Facing Reality in the Eurozone by Adair Turner - Project Syndicate

The Anti-Austerity Camp Is Growing as Merkel Becomes More Isolated - SPIEGEL ONLINE

The Anti-Austerity Camp Is Growing as Merkel Becomes More Isolated - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Αθανασόπουλος Παύλος : Για την Δημοκρατική Παράταξη | Μεταρρύθμιση

Και τώρα γρήγορα για την Δημοκρατική Παράταξη, Αθανασόπουλος Παύλος | Μεταρρύθμιση



Γιά να δούμε, τί θα δούμε!

The Radical Beauty of Three Simple Management Practices - Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen - Harvard Business Review

The Radical Beauty of Three Simple Management Practices - Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen - Harvard Business Review

America plays the hegemon while ruled by fear and machismo. FAIL. | Fabius Maximus

America plays the hegemon while ruled by fear and machismo. FAIL. | Fabius Maximus

Why Europe Is Struggling - Business Insider

Why Europe Is Struggling - Business Insider

Germany to Europe: Help Isn't on the Way - Bloomberg View

Germany to Europe: Help Isn't on the Way - Bloomberg View