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Covid-19, the ‘white knight’ for irresponsible policies
Though a quick injection of funds was necessary to keep businesses running and to avoid suffering, governments have taken the crisis brought on by Covid-19 as an opportunity to further increase their grip on economies. The enormous amounts of spending are financed through money creation. The result of such processes can only be inflation or other financial difficulties.
New Opportunities 2021: The ECB and bringing financial markets down to earth
The Covid-19 pandemic has capped a decade of economic crises that the European Central Bank has had to deal with. The bank’s tools to keep countries’ finances afloat and investors’ confidence solid have been unprecedented. Weaning them off low interest rates, financial injections and high debt will be its next ...
Europe’s risky recovery funds
Europe is responding to the Covid-19 crisis with gigantic spending programs meant to shore up struggling economies. While financial support makes sense, the EU's history of doling out funds shows these initiatives often lead to fraud, corruption and market distortion. Recent reforms may not be enough to prevent a repeat ...
Fast growth in 2021, but not for everybody
Many forecast that 2021 will be characterized by vigorous growth and that, by the end of the coming year, the world economy will have recovered from the 2020 losses. The author takes a more discriminating view and argues that only a few countries, China among them, will be back on ...
The U.S. mulls more Covid-19 bailouts for states
As parts of the U.S. government wrangle over another round of Covid-19 relief, one of the thorniest issues is whether to offer more aid to states and local governments. What has become clear, however, is that the funds already doled out should have easily covered the shortfalls in tax revenue ...
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