"On the 25th January 2015, the Greek people voted in an election of historic importance--not just for Greece but potentially all of Europe. The radical party Syriza was elected and austerity and the neoliberal agenda challenged. Suddenly it seems as if there is an alternative. But what? The...

The need for macroprudential policy to “lean against the wind” of credit cycles at the aim of financial and hence macroeconomic stability is a common belief. Which design of macroprudential policy might attain the greatest stability for the economy is still an open debate. This paper builds...

Das Urteil ist vernichtend, das der renommierte Ökonom und langjährige Chefvolkswirt der UN-Organisation für Handel und Entwicklung (UNCTAD) Heiner Flassbeck (zuletzt ID-G 27/14) und sein Kollege und Syriza-Abgeordneter C. Lapavitsas über die Lage der europäischen Wirtschafts- und...