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This blog post focuses on the new edition of "Wirtschaftsdienst -Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik", which is dedicated to the discussion of the…

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In the new ranking of Germany's top economists of the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" Volker Wieland is on position 25.

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After the meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) Mario Draghi has left the door to further Quantitative Easing open.…

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Even six years after the end of the recession in the United States the Federal Reserve has not yet started the process of normalization. In his new…

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Since the Greek debt crisis has sparked a debate about the meaning of European unity, Deutsche Welle TV explores how the eurozone could look like in…

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According to "Handelsblatt" the central banks in Spain and Ireland have rated banks' collaterals wrongly. Professor Helmut Siekmann is critical of…

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According to Volker Wieland any relaxation in the payments by Greece are not urgent. "The cost of bearing the debt is very low for Greece, precisely…

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The Greek crisis has been causing disturbances in the eurozone for months. How can the Economic and Monetary Union survive in the future? In a…

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The European Central Bank (ECB) should have stopped the emergency liqudity assistance (ELA) for Greece by the end of June, Professor Volker Wieland…

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The macroeconomic implications of raising taxes on top income earners are in the focus of the new IMFS Working Paper No. 94 by Bettina Brüggemann of…

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