As the Eurozone crisis lurches onwards, three academics offer their perspective on how Europe got here — and where it should go now.
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John Chown, principal in Chown Dewhurst LLP and co-founder of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, discusses the background to the Eurozone crisis and the prospects for Euro members in 2012 and beyond. Posted on December 18th, 2011
Accurate accounting is at the root of the legal and scrutiny framework; without accurate accounts basic laws are incapable of enforcement. This report argues that international accounting rules have given the impression of illusory profits on bank balance sheets, inflating bonuses and creating perverse incentives for banks to act recklessly. Source: Adam [...] Posted on November 17th, 2011
In this response to the Vickers report, financial experts Tim Ambler and Miles Saltiel argue that the report’s findings fail to address the root causes of the financial crisis and would create another layer of bureaucracy. Instead, the government should allow the creation of new “Trust Banks” that would be safely run, reduce [...] Posted on November 8th, 2011
In a follow up his last report on the Tobin Tax, Adam Baldwin assesses the impact of the European Commission’s Financial Transaction Tax on Britain. He draws on the EC’s impact assessment and independent research and concludes that it would wipe out derivatives trading in the City, hurt economic growth and increase market [...] 5 pages
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