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Huffington Post Business, July 22, 2012. © 2012 TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc. "The Huffington Post” is a registered trademark of TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc. All rights reserved. There’s a sad truth about the fate of financial regulation: It’s almost certain to be outmoded by the time it’s introduced. This was as true of Glass-Steagall in 1933 as it is […]

Express.gr, July 3, 2012. © All Rights Reserved. ΣΤΗΝ υπογραφή συμφωνητικού συνεργασίας αναμένεται να προχωρήσουν το Παρατηρητήριο ΟικονομικÏŽν και ΚοινωνικÏŽν Εξελίξεων του Ινστιτούτου Εργασίας της ΓΣΕΕ—ΑΔΕΔΥ με το Levy Economics Institute του Bard College της Νέας ΥÏŒρκης. Συγκεκριμένα, αύριο Τετάρτη, στις 12 το μεσημέρι, στα γραφεία της Συνομοσπονδίας θα πραγματοποιηθεί συνάντηση του προέδρου της ΓΣΕΕ […]

Valor Econômico, June 22, 12. All rights reserved. Durou pouco o alívio do mercado financeiro com o resultado da eleição grega de domingo, que resultou na formação de um governo favorável ao pacote de resgate das finanças públicas do país. Não há dúvida de que a crise da dívida prossegue na Europa, atacando diretamente a […]

American Banker, June 1, 2012. © 2012 American Banker and SourceMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hyman Minsky was a maverick economist in his day. He theorized about the inherent instability of financial markets, and viewed the Federal Reserve as the author of both the permission slip and the prescription for economic crises. None of it […]

In audio clips from a forthcoming interview, Senior Scholar Jan Kregel argues that, to address the current crisis, there is a need for regulations that place limits on the activities of financial institutions. The market does not adjust by itself, says Kregel—it needs rules to function efficiently. Radio Audizioni Italiane. Clip 1. Clip 2.

Capital.gr, May 18, 2012. © All Rights Reserved. In an interview with Helen Artopoulou (DailyFX.gr/FXCM) that was posted on Capital.gr, Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, president of the Levy Economics Institute, discusses the failed policy of austerity that the European Union opted to enforce on Greece, and what it may take for Greece to overcome its current […]