10 “Rather than attempting to return to their artificially inflated GDP numbers from before the crisis, governments need to address the underlying flaws in their economies” R. Rajan, Univ Chicago “Governments are always Keynesian when it comes to spending. When it...[+]

]]> “The Bank of Japan’s huge bet by boosting quantitative easing won’t turn the economy around and is instead sending the nation toward default” Takeshi Fujimaki Esta semana se ha hablado mucho de la decisión del Banco de Japón de multiplicar su...[+]

]]> ·A tax loophole is something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is tax reform.· Russell B. Long “A war on tax havens is nothing but an attempt to increase taxes to prop up bankrupt welfare states; to continue feeding the leviathan” Charles Gave Justo...[+]

]]>  ·The single currency will be fatal to the poorer countries because it will devastate their inefficient economies”. Margaret Thatcher en 1990 A finales de los años 70, Gran Bretaña sufría de tres males que nos parecerán bastante familiares...[+]

]]> “The ECB and the creditor nations cannot and will not save governments that are unwilling or unable to save themselves”. RBS Semana de riesgo europeo renovado, tras Chipre y el Banco Central Europeo. Los riesgos sistémicos siempre se infravaloran. Ya se ven en Eslovenia,...[+]

]]> ·Political choices have run out. There was a deadline, and it worked·. Jeroen Dijsselbloem ·Malta and Luxembourg are not Cyprus, according to Malta and Luxembourg· (The Guardian) No lo duden, el hombre más odiado por bancos, empresas e inversores alcistas es Jeroen Dijsselbloem,...[+]

]]> ·Para una economía pequeña y dinámica como Chipre, incorporarse al euro supone protegerse de las crisis financieras internacionales·, Jean Claude Trichet (2008). ·Si la cosa se pone seria, hay que mentir·, Jean Claude Juncker (Abril 2011)....[+]

]]> “This old house of ours was built on dreams, and the businessman doesn´t know what that means, there´s a garden outside she works in everyday, and tomorrow morning a man from the bank is going to come and take it all away” Neil Young (CSNY, American Dream) ...[+]

]]> Por qué defiendo el secuestro  presupuestario  en EEUU “A billion here, a billion there sooner or later it adds up to real money.· Everett Dirksen “Deficit reduction is painful, so better to get it over with now” Esta semana se han...[+]

]]> “The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital, protecting all in their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none”.  Andrew Jackson Esta semana se ha discutido mucho en el debate del Estado de la Nación, pero casi todas las propuestas...[+]

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