Philippe Legrain on the need for a European spring

Here. The book on which the article is based is here.

European Solidarity Manifesto

Some time ago I posted a link to the proposals of the “Eiffel group”, which struck me as a logical contribution to the debate about the future of the Euro.

Here is another contribution to the debate which also strikes me as logical.

Programme Updates

We no longer get these for Ireland but the Commission has published its latest reviews of the Greek and Portuguese programmes.  The Greek review runs to 250 pages.  I didn’t go much beyond this table of macroeconomic forecasts

and this chart projecting Greek public debt to 2030.

Hmmm.

Martin Wolf: Money versus Banking

Martin Wolf addresses how money and banking can be separated in this FT article here.

The Power of Inaction: Bank Bailouts in Comparison

In this new book, Cornelia Woll examines the political economy of bank bailouts in a variety of countries; it includes a comparison of Ireland versus Denmark.  More details here.