This paper looks at fiscal sustainability and fiscal risks from a comprehensive, global perspective. It argues that the benefits of consolidation have to be re-assessed given that industrialised countries have entered uncharted waters with unsustainable public debt dynamics and enormous...

The sovereign debt crisis in the euro area is a symptom of policy failures and deficiencies in – among other things – fiscal policy coordination. The first nine years of the euro were not used effectively in order to improve public finances, while the Stability and Growth Pact was watered...

Setzt der im letzten Jahr ins Leben gerufene Euro-Rettungsschirm wesentliche Grundprinzipien des Maastricht-Vertrags außer Kraft? Folgt der Einstieg in eine Transferunion? Wolfgang Schäuble, Bundesminister der Finanzen, stellt die Position der Bundesregierung vor. Ihrer Ansicht nach bedeuten...

Vom 13. bis 15. Februar 2009 fand in den Räumen der Akademie für Politische Bildung Tutzing unter der Leitung von Wolfgang Quaisser, Akademie für Politische Bildung Tutzing, die Tagung "Zehn Jahre Euro - Bewährung in der Finanzkrise" statt. Einige der dort vorgestellten Referate sind hier...

The sovereign debt crisis in the euro area is a symptom of policy failures and deficiencies in – among other things – fiscal policy coordination. The first nine years of the euro were not used effectively in order to improve public finances, while the Stability and Growth Pact was watered...

This paper looks at fiscal sustainability and fiscal risks from a comprehensive, global perspective. It argues that the benefits of consolidation have to be re-assessed given that industrialised countries have entered uncharted waters with unsustainable public debt dynamics and enormous...