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Yannos Papantoniou

Yannos Papantoniou

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Yannos Papantoniou was Greece’s Economy and Finance Minister from 1994 to 2001. He is currently President of the Center for Progressive Policy Research, an independent think-tank.

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  1. A New Chance for Greece
    Alexis Tsipras election campaign Wassilios Aswestopoulos/ZumaPress

    A New Chance for Greece

    Sep 9, 2015 Yannos Papantoniou sees grounds for hope in the snap general election set for September 20.

  2. The Government the Eurozone Deserves
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    The Government the Eurozone Deserves

    Aug 3, 2015 Yannos Papantoniou warns that the common currency has no future without fiscal and political integration.

  3. Sustaining the Unsustainable Eurozone
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    Sustaining the Unsustainable Eurozone

    Mar 25, 2015 Yannos Papantoniou makes the case for fiscal transfers in Europe's currency union.

  4. The Greek Time Bomb
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    The Greek Time Bomb

    Jan 19, 2015 Yannos Papantoniou urges Greece's next government to focus on debt relief.

  5. Ethics and Infrastructure
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    Ethics and Infrastructure

    Nov 11, 2014 Yannos Papantoniou explains Germany's obsession with fiscal discipline – and why Europe needs to overcome it.

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    The Indians Dividing MAGA

    Shashi Tharoor shows how one immigrant group became central to the “civil war” within Donald Trump’s base.
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    Shock Therapy for Multilateralism

    Harold James considers what another Donald Trump presidency will, and will not, mean for global cooperation.
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    Will Trump Fire the Fed?

    Kenneth Rogoff

    Despite Donald Trump’s assurances that he will not seek to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, there is little doubt that the US president-elect aims to gain greater influence over the Fed’s decision-making. Such interference could drive up long-term interest rates, damaging the American economy.

     worries about the incoming US administration’s plans to weaken the central bank’s independence.
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    Crypto’s Unholy Choir

    Andrés Velasco hears a chorus of deceivers, demagogues, dictators, and tax dodgers singing Donald Trump’s praises.
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    What Are the BRICS Good For?

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

    Following the addition of new members to the BRICS, some observers believe that the group has a good chance of becoming the new lodestar of global politics and international affairs. But the organization is neither representative enough nor sufficiently united to lead others.

     explains why the group of major emerging economies will not become the new fulcrum of world politics.
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    MAGA Goes to Panama

    Ruti Teitel asks whether the United States ever became truly reconciled to giving up control of the canal it built.
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    China Won’t Save Labour’s Britain

    Chris Patten urges British policymakers to focus instead on crafting polices that really can promote economic recovery.
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    The Good, the Bad, and the Uncertainty of the Trump Economy

    Nouriel Roubini considers what the US president-elect's promised policy agenda will mean for growth and inflation.
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    Ban Solar Geoengineering

    Mohammed Usrof, et al. predict that the controversial technology will foist upon young people yet another crisis they did not create.

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