Capitalism and Freedom

Christy Romer is on the pro side of the fiscal stimulus ( link ).

Here ( link ) is the availible data on density of trade union membership in OECD between 1960 and 2007. The membership in trade unions has b...

Dan Mitchell wrote an article arguing against Obama's spending stiumulus ( here and here ). Meanwhile, major European economies are suf...

A campaign against tax havens has been launched by the British PM ( link ).

Source: WSJ ( link )

Hannes Gisurarsson's opinion in the WSJ ( link ) summarized the timeline and details that flipped Icelandic economy into the financial c...

John Steele Gordon wrote an article ( link ) about the history of U.S. national debt in the twilight of CBO's estimate of $1.2 trillion ...

Bloomberg has published an article about the recessionary expectations in Slovenia ( link ). The article outlined concerns over a potential ...

WSJ and Heritage Foundation have released the annual 2009 Index of economic freedom ( link ). This year, countries with high score on econom...

Unsurprisingly, Fitch has slashed ( link ) Russia's credit rating to BBB, just two ranks above the junk grade. The main driver behind lo...

WSJ reports ( link ) that Ireland intends to curb public spending by €1.4 billion in response to widening budget deficit.

The Economist discussed ( link ) the macroeconomic issues of emerging Asian economies. "Asia has never before deployed its monetary and...

Moody has maintained Iceland's negative outlook on economic and financial crisis ( link ).

Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff discussed the consequences of financial crises and the impact on output, prices and employment ( link ...

After an intensive debate about fiscal stimulus that would be utilized to cure the recessionary downturn of the current year, there is a wid...

Robert Barro makes ( link ) a strong case on why Keynesian spending multiplier is a theoretical illusion resulted from the fact that governm...

Here ( link ) is an interesting research conducted by Forbes. It is the list and specific charateristics of the most educated towns in the U...

Those of you who enjoy grasping the macroeconomic reality with both hands and attend advanced macro classes will probably enjoy reading prof...

On January 1, 2009, Slovakia left ERM II and became the 16th country of the eurozone ( here and here ). While fiscal consolidation has been...

Belarus is another Eastern European economy joining the flat tax club. The Ministry of Finance has proposed the shift from progressive tax s...