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Campaign Against Italy Nonsense:I receive comments such as: Ok, I get your data, but what can we do to make this work? A thread with ideas on achieving North-South convergence
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Campaign Against Italy Nonsense #CAINThis thread presents data that strongly reject claims that 's problem has been a lack of fiscal discipline.Italy is the pre-Corona world champion of fiscal consolidation
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I am today launching a small twitter initiative, the Campaign Against Nonsense about Italy (#CANI). I’ll be tweeting data and arguments for countering myths about Italy’s state and economy. In
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My meta-analysis on corporate tax competition is out in European Journal of Political Economy. The results point to tax competition as a major factor in explaining reductions in corporate tax
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One of Germany’s most prominent economists, Hans-Werner Sinn, warns of hyperinflation; he links it directly to Hitler's rise to power. A distortion of history: the rise of the Nazis was
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Hans-Werner Sinn warnt vor Hyperinflation; er verbindet sie direkt mit der Machtergreifung Hitlers. Eine Verdrehung der Geschichte, argumentiere ich @handelsblatt: Der Nazi-Machtergreifung ging Deflation voraus, befördert durch Sparpolitik
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Output gap nonsense: European Commission is doing it again in its most recent forecast: producing crisis-driven, pro-cyclical downward estimates in economic slack (measured in terms of output gaps). This will
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Dutch prime minister Rutte and other "frugals" have been using distorted images of Italy and Southern Europe to water down the EU recovery fund. Here are seven ("surprising") facts about
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Dutch prime minister Rutte and other "frugals" continue to use distorted images of Italy and Southern Europe to water down the EU recovery fund. Here are seven ("surprising") facts about
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The consequences of "output gap nonsense" in applying the fiscal rules will endanger Germany’s recovery from the Corona crisis. @AchimTruger and I provide an analysis of the underlying problems: Thread
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Politicians, economists and the media have been using distorted images of Italy and the Italian economy. How do we reduce these distortions? Niki Kowall and I make an attempt by
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