Euro Arson Could Be Halted by Tax Trio

Roberto Perotti and Luigi Zingales provide an additional perspective on last week’s deal in this Bloomberg article.

Europe’s €200 billion reverse wealth tax explained

Harald Hau is an excellent German academic financial economist  (living in France) – his take on last week’s deal is available here.

Ireland’s Economic Recovery: An Analysis and Exploration

The NESC Secretariat have released a paper on this topic: available here.

PSI: Greece

The European Commission has released details of the PSI element of the Greek deal: you can find the note here.

The Macroeconomic Challenges Facing Ireland

My talk at the MacGill Summer School yesterday was based on this paper.  Core point: I argue that last week’s European deal calls for an acceleration in the pace of Irish fiscal adjustment.

Update: The webcast for this session (also featuring David Begg, Brigid Laffan and Colm McCarthy) is available here.

Update:  The Irish Times carries a shorter, edited version of my talk in this article.