Posts - Karl Whelan

Mr Draghi, The Vicious Circle And The Stress Tests

I was in Brussels on Monday and attended the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee for its latest meeting […]

Back to blogging again after a rare bit of time off over the summer, here are some comments on the

I’ve always loved Nate Silver’s 538 blog going back to before it was hosted by the New York Times. Still

Probably the biggest economic story in Europe this week has been the release of recorded phone calls from 2008 between executives of

Some thoughts on where things stand in Cyprus including the parallels between Ireland’s treatment of Anglo’s debts and the current

Many of my students will know that I’m a big fan of the World Bank’s Doing Business program. The recent

Olli Rehn thinks the IMF were being mean to the euro area’s leaders in last week’s report on the Greek

The IMF’s apologia, er, review on its Greek programme makes for very interesting reading. Some quick comments here.

A report on my bizarre Twitter mauling at the hands of none other than Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

In the presentation I gave last month on potential euro breakup scenarios, I flagged the introduction of capital controls in