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Austerity in the euro area : the sad state of economic policy in Germany and the EU

Truger, Achim - In: European journal of economics and economic policies : … 10 (2013) 2, pp. 158-174

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Demystifying a 'shining example' : German public finances under the debt break

Eicker-Wolf, Kai; Truger, Achim - 2014

German fiscal policy is nowadays often presented as a shining example due to successful budget consolidation after the Great Recession. However, the idea that the German success is the result of a well-thought-out economic strategy that could therefore serve as a role model for other countries...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010348931

Fiscal policy and rebalancing in the Euro area : a critique of the German debt brake from a Post-Keynesian perspective

Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - 2013

The German debt brake is often regarded as a great success story, and has therefore served as a role model for the Euro area and its fiscal compact. In this paper we fundamentally criticize the debt brake. We show that (1) it suffers from serious shortcomings, and its success is far from certain...

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EU governments must not return to their dysfunctional fiscal rules

Truger, Achim - In: The Economists' voice 19 (2022) 1, pp. 73-79

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Fiscal policy in the macroeconomic policy mix : a critique of the new consensus model and a comparison of macroeconomic policies in France, Germany, the UK and Sweden from a post-K...

Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - 2008

von Löhnen und der Lohnpolitik und wegen seiner kompletten Vernachlässigung der stabilisierenden Rolle der Finanzpolitik …. Aus Post-Keynesianischer Sicht wird gezeigt, dass die Finanzpolitik eine wichtige Rolle für die makroökonomische … Entwicklung spielt, wenngleich immer auch der gesamte makroökonomische Politik-Mix aus Geld-, Lohn- und Finanzpolitik sowie die …

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Financial crisis, global recession and macroeconomic policy reactions : the case of Germany

Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - In: The world economy in crisis - the return of Keynesianism?, (pp. 191-220). 2010

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008822768

Fiscal policy in the macroeconomic policy mix : a critique of the new consensus model and a comparison of macroeconomic policies in France, Germany, the UK and Sweden from a post-K...

Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - In: Credit, money and macroeconomic policy : a …, (pp. 235-267). 2011

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009010603

The German 'debt brake' : a shining example for European fiscal policy?

Truger, Achim; Will, Henner - 2012

Many observers consider the German 'debt brake' beyond criticism. In the current crisis, many European countries have difficulties refinancing their budgets, while the German treasury's funding conditions are most favourable. The 'fiscal compact's' call for the introduction of German-style 'debt...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009667123

Future fiscal and debt policies : Germany in the Context of the European Monetary Union

Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - 2013

Currently fiscal policies in Germany seem to be in a very comfortable position and the German Debt Brake is regarded as an institutional precondition for this success and has been exported to the Euro area in the guise of the Fiscal Compact. In this paper we scrutinize German fiscal policies and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009756271

Austerity in the Euro area : the sad state of economic policy in Germany and the EU

Truger, Achim - 2013

The Euro area is currently going through its worst period of recession and economic stagnation since the Great Depression and World War II. The article tries to give an impression of the extraordinary degree of fiscal austerity and the devastating economic effects it has already had and must be...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009756285