Ashoka Mody leads the IMF’s work on Germany as well as on Ireland. He writes in today’s FT in praise of the German fiscal law: you can read it here.
Ashoka Mody leads the IMF’s work on Germany as well as on Ireland. He writes in today’s FT in praise of the German fiscal law: you can read it here.
2 replies on “In Praise of the German Fiscal Law”
Recently Norbert Walter, chief economist of Deutsche Bank, challenged the views of the likes of Krugman, Stiglitz and Martin Wolf of the FT, on Germany:
http://www.finfacts.ie/irishfinancenews/article_1016993.shtml
On a side point, it’s interesting that US-based economists e,g. Ashoka Mody, Larry Summers and Ben Bernanke, seem to be reluctant to wear their Ph.D badges!
I think Ashoka Mody makes a very good point. Applied to Ireland, credibly committing to such a rule would provide more scope for countercyclical fiscal policy, not less.