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Capital.gr, 27 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014. Με επιφύλαξη παντός δικαιώματος. Με τη δημιουργία της Οικονομικής και Νομισματικής Ένωσης και του ευρώ, το εθνικό δημόσιο χρέος των κρατών-μελών της ευρωζώνης έγινε ιδιαίτερα ευαίσθητο αναφορικά με την πίστωση. Ενώ οι δυνητικά αποσταθεροποιητικές επιπτώσεις των δυσμενών κυκλικών συνθηκών στο πιστωτικά ευαίσθητο χρέος είχε σοβαρά υποτιμηθεί, ο σχεδιασμός ήταν εκ προθέσεως, […]

The New York Times, September 25, 2014 Economic expansions are supposed to be the good times, the periods in which incomes and living standards improve. And that’s still true, at least for some of us…. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/27/upshot/the-benefits-of-economic-expansions-are-increasingly-going-to-the-richest-americans.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSum&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&abt=0002&abg=0    

The Washington Post, September 25, 2014 Take a look at this chart, from Bard College economist Pavlina Tcherneva. In an August 2013 paper, she wrote: An examination of average income growth [in the U.S.] during every postwar expansion (from trough to peak) and its distribution between the wealthiest 10% and bottom 90% of households reveals that income […]

Slate, September 25, 2014 When you write about the economy every day for a living, you can start feeling numb toward charts about income inequality. After all, the story doesn’t change much week to week, and usually neither do the visualizations. But this one, from Bard College economist Pavlina Tcherneva, somehow still feels astonishing, and has […]

New Geography, September 25, 2014 It’s September, but island beaches from the Aegeans to Zante are still buzzing in Greece. Mykonos has been the summer’s Go-To spot for superstars and supermodels; the mainland and cities are also seeing the British and Europeans coming back…. Read more: http://www.newgeography.com/content/004533-will-lindsay-lohan-save-greece

Vox, September 25, 2014. All Rights Reserved. Pavlina Tcherneva’s chart showing the distribution of income gains during periods of economic expansion is burning up the economics internet over the past 24 hours and for good reason. The trend it depicts is shocking…. Read more: http://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/9/25/6843509/income-distribution-recoveries-pavlina-tcherneva

Mother Jones, September 27, 2014. All Rights Reserved. It’s not easy finding new and interesting ways to illustrate the growth of income inequality over the past few decades. But here are a couple of related ones. The first is from "Survival of the Richest" in the current issue of Mother Jones, and it shows how much of our […]