Posts - Karl Whelan

The FT Lets Itself Down Again: Francesco Giavazzi on Greece

There seems to be a new brand of op-ed at the FT. Formerly respected academics write crazy things about the […]

My assessment of the future for the UK economy: Slow growth, more austerity and constitutional uncertainty. Despite the belief that

I probably shouldn’t have been but I was fairly shocked by the level of discussion of the immigration issue in

Some think the UK economy is doing well but many feel it is doing badly. Some thoughts from a growth

Based partly on a new research paper co-written with Kieran McQuinn, this post discusses how Finland’s current economic slump may

Lots of people think the euro area’s central banks will be handing back all the interest payments they receive on

With QE purchases starting a few days ago, some thoughts on how QE works with a nice graph to explain.

I am giving a presentation at today’s Irish Economy conference that is roughly based on my recent blog post on teaching

Some new thoughts on the “can you make losses printing money” theme, this time with a Hans-Werner Sinn angle.

The situation in Greece continues to tick over. An explanation of the ECB’s decision tonight to cut off various Greek