A distinguished group of economists have written about the implications of the global crisis for the Nordic countries and the ‘Nordic model’ – summary (and link to the full report) available here.
Category: Economics
As reported in the FT Money Supply Blog, the Riksbank has appointed a commission of inquiry to examine risks in the Swedish property market and the implications for Swedish monetary policy: you can read the details here.
This new initiative was briefly mentioned in Saturday’s FT: its goal is to provide a mechanism for economists to provide expert advice to charitable organisations; its organisers are extremely good economists.
You can find the details here.
As suggested by one commentator, this article provides an interesting analysis of the relative merits of US versus Europe for academic economists: you can read it here.