http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/economics-and-demography/slovakias-euro-membership-bid-update/ European Opinion Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:56:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/economics-and-demography/slovakias-euro-membership-bid-update/#comment-20142 The French Economy - Acting As The Eurozone Buffer? | afoe | A Fistful of Euros | European Opinion Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:27:11 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=3173#comment-20142 [...] Evidentaly non of this is directly Mr Zapatero’s fault, any more than it was Mr Aznar’s fault. This is not the moment to attempt a fuller analysis of Spain’s current problems - you can find a first attempt at getting to grips with these here. Rather my objective is to point out that basing yourself on micro economic analysis alone you will never get to the heart of major economic issues which face us. And this is what the current mainstream economic discourse seems to do, spilling in the process an excessive amount of ink about shop opening hours, flexible labour contracts, and privatisation of “national champions” (all of which, please note, may well be a good idea, but I can tell you now, none of these are going to get Spain out of the problem which is about to arrive, nor, for that matter, will they prevent the inflation bonfire from currently roaring away in Eastern Europe which I was drawing attention to in my Slovakia post yesterday). [...] [...] Evidentaly non of this is directly Mr Zapatero’s fault, any more than it was Mr Aznar’s fault. This is not the moment to attempt a fuller analysis of Spain’s current problems - you can find a first attempt at getting to grips with these here. Rather my objective is to point out that basing yourself on micro economic analysis alone you will never get to the heart of major economic issues which face us. And this is what the current mainstream economic discourse seems to do, spilling in the process an excessive amount of ink about shop opening hours, flexible labour contracts, and privatisation of “national champions” (all of which, please note, may well be a good idea, but I can tell you now, none of these are going to get Spain out of the problem which is about to arrive, nor, for that matter, will they prevent the inflation bonfire from currently roaring away in Eastern Europe which I was drawing attention to in my Slovakia post yesterday). [...]

]]> http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/economics-and-demography/slovakias-euro-membership-bid-update/#comment-20134 By The Fault » Blog Archive » Linking Up with the World Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:40:10 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=3173#comment-20134 [...] of Euros (lucky them) updates us on Slovakia’s bid to join the euro currency zone. Posted in Development, Economics, Energy & Peak Oil, [...] [...] of Euros (lucky them) updates us on Slovakia’s bid to join the euro currency zone. Posted in Development, Economics, Energy & Peak Oil, [...]

]]> http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/economics-and-demography/slovakias-euro-membership-bid-update/#comment-20118 Global Voices Online » Slovakia: Euro Membership Bid Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:15:46 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=3173#comment-20118 [...] Hugh of A Fistful of Euros writes in detail on Slovakia’s euro membership bid. (An update is here.) Posted by Veronica Khokhlova Share [...] [...] Hugh of A Fistful of Euros writes in detail on Slovakia’s euro membership bid. (An update is here.) Posted by Veronica Khokhlova Share [...]

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