Articles Global governance
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Center for American Progress
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Center for American Progress
"Transitioning to a New U.S. International Economic Policy" by Richard Samans (Center for American Progress)
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Brokkings InstituteGreece’s GDP, at about $300 billion, represents approximately 0.5% of world output. Its $470 billion public debt is very large relative to the Greek economy’s size, but less than 1% of global debt – and less than half is held by private banks (mainly Greek). Barclays Capital estimates that only a few globally significant foreign banks hold close to 10% of their Tier 1 capital in Greek government bonds, with the majority holding...
Dr. rer. pol. habil, Professor of Economics, in particular European Economic Policies, at the Berlin School of Economics and Law since 2009. Previously, Senior Researcher at the Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK), Hans Böckler Foundation, Düsseldorf, Visiting Professor at the University of Hamburg and Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, and Adj. Professor at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg. Eckhard Hein is a member of the coordinating committee of the...
GPF Virtual ClubThe Atlantic Era is now at the height of its development and must soon exhaust the resources at its command. The Pacific Era, destined to be the greatest of all, is just at its dawn,” wrote US- President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903. A century later, half of the world population lives in Asia, which may well be the most dynamic economic region today. China’s stunning ascent from a developing country to an economic superpower in only thirty years lifted millions of people out of poverty....
GPF Virtual Club
The Virtual Club of the Global Progressive Forum
The GPF has created a virtual club to which we will invite leading personalities in different fields to become a member, and to contribute by sending us their reflections on the global challenges which we are currently facing. From time to time these reflections will be published on our...GPF Virtual ClubA better distribution of income may be needed for global recovery
Kemal Derviş
As the global recovery loses steam, it’s perhaps time to “break out” of the traditional narrow framework of the debate on monetary and fiscal policy...Next Left Economic CircleThe first Lunch Debate of the Next Left Economic Circle was organized on September 21st in the European Parliament, and entitled From coordinated to differentiated Economic policies : For a stronger Europe.
The guest speaker of this roundtable was Professor Eckhard Hein, Professor in the Berlin School of Economics and Law. Eckhard Hein has been Professor of Economics, in particular...
IMK Working Paper, Hans Böckler StiftungJuly 2011
The financial and economic crisis in the Euro area has revealed a number of important flaws in the economic policy framework in Europe. On the one hand, the imbalances, which have dominated European development since the introduction of the euro, are not sustainable; and this is more serious in a...
GPF Virtual ClubMarket capitalism has just experienced an upheaval that is unprecedented. Yet, social democracy remains rather muted, weakened on the continent which saw it emerge, in the 19th century, as a reaction to the excesses of that very same capitalism.
Shaping attractive solutions for our citizens requires, in my view, a new approach. First, on the ideological front: by revamping the theoretical critique of market capitalism. Then, on the...
