Over the past year or so, a conventional wisdom has developed about the status of the legal job market. This conventional wisdom has at least three components: (1) Recent graduates are getting law jobs at distressingly low levels. (2) The legal job market is undergoing a profound structural...

Ein namhafter Aufschwung der deutschen Wirtschaft findet im Jahr 2023 nicht statt. Das reale Bruttoinlandsprodukt wird zwar nach der Winterpause im Jahresverlauf wieder zulegen. Das Konjunkturtempo wird zum Jahresende jedoch wieder nachlassen, wenngleich eine erneute Winterrezession derzeit...

Historically, periods of high indebtedness have been associated with a rising incidence of default or restructuring of public and private debts. A subtle type of debt restructuring takes the form of "financial repression." Financial repression includes directed lending to government by captive...

COVID-19 outbreak disrupted social and economic activity. Impacts on aviation, tourism, retail, financial markets, MSMEs and oil are assessed in this research. Travel and tourism, which contributes 9.2% of the GDP, will impact the GDP growth rate. Airlines will lose USD 1.56 billion. FPIs...

We study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on euro area inflation and how it compares to the experiences of other countries, such as the United States, over the two-year period 2020-21. Our model-based calibration exercises deliver four key results: (1) compositional effects, or the switch...

This article analyzes how cooperative federalism and inclusive decision-making can provide legitimacy and transparency when balancing property rights versus police powers to regulate natural gas production

This Article considers the advantages and disadvantages of market-based program design, natural gas regulation, and enhanced international understanding. Transitioning to a green economy involves dedicating efforts towards environmentally sound energy innovation. RGGI, natural gas, and climate...

This paper looks at the recent trends in income, output and employment, money and banking, fiscal reform, and foreign capital and investment. The changing economic environment can be seen from two recent events: the 1993 Austerity Plan and the 1995 Bank Law. Two issues are basic to the new...

Kalecki’s analysis of military Keynesianism highlights the difficulties of managing aggregate demand in one country, without coordination with trading partners. Military Keynesianism is effective as a means of reflation because, unlike civilian public works, it induces similar expenditure by...

The Austrian school is unique for its emphasis of the capital structure of an economy. In this paper, I explore what this “capital-based” approach to macroeconomics with its focus on capital as a structure and the heterogeneity of not only physical but also human capital might teach us about...