The euro is 20 – time to grow up
By Jérôme Creel and Francesco Saraceno [1] At age twenty, the euro has gone through a difficult adolescence. The success of the euro has not been aided […]
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Does Price Stability entail Financial Stability?
by Paul Hubert and Francesco Saraceno (@fsaraceno) Paul Krugman raises the very important issue of the impact of monetary policy on financial stability. He starts with the well-known […]
What do we know about the end of monetary unions?
By Christophe Blot and Francesco Saraceno The European elections were marked by low turnouts and increasing support for Eurosceptic parties. These two elements reflect a […]
What Reforms for Europe?
by Christophe Blot [1], Olivier Rozenberg [2], Francesco Saraceno [3] et Imola Streho [4] From May 22 to May 25 Europeans will vote to elect the […]
And what if Italy’s elections turned out to be an opportunity for Europe ?
By Franscesco Saraceno The whole of Europe is currently fretting about the election results in Italy. The Centre-Left coalition won a narrow majority – because […]
Does inequality hurt economic performance?
By Francesco Saraceno Economic theory has long neglected the effects of income distribution on the performance of the economy. Students were taught right from Introduction […]
Plea for a growth pact: the sound and fury hiding a persistent disagreement
By Jean-Luc Gaffard and Francesco Saraceno The emphasis on the need to complement fiscal restraint by measures to boost growth, which is rising in part […]