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THE EURO, THE DRACHMA AND GREECE: limited options in an impossible situation

March 8, 2015 Louis-Philippe Rochon 5 comments

Jean-Francois Ponsot Associate Professor of Economics, UniversitÃ© de Grenoble (France) and Louis-Philippe Rochon Associate Professor of Economics, Laurentian University (Canada) Co-Editor, Review of Keynesian Economics ___________________ The final agreement between Greece and the Eurogroup is a disappointment for anyone who held high hopes that Greece would have taken away more than a mere extension to the existing deal. In the […]

ROCHON On Greece once More

February 17, 2015 Louis-Philippe Rochon 2 comments

LOUIS-PHILIPPE ROCHON Associate Professor, Laurentian University Co-editor, Review of Keynesian Economics Follow him on Twitter @Lprochon ________________________ As I have said before (see here) and will say again: any solution to Greek’s tragedy, which involves keeping the Euro as a currency is a second-best solution, unless the appropriate institutional changes are adopted. Anything short of this will simply maintain the […]