Ultimi link in questa sezione

05/10/2015
Why we must end upward pre-distribution to the rich
17/07/2015
How Goldman Sachs Profited From the Greek Debt Crisis
14/07/2015
Solo lo spirito del Dopoguerra potrà salvarci dalla crisi eterna
12/03/2015
The Conundrum of Corporation and Nation
22/02/2015
La Grecia, le riforme e il giallo della tabella
10/02/2015
Basic Income Pilots: A Better Option Than QE
05/02/2015
Le coup de force inadmissible et irresponsable de la BCE contre la Grèce

Eurozona: tempo di tassare i ricchi?

05/09/2012

Neither Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel nor the Social Democrat opposition leaders are likely to agree to further bailouts for the countries in crisis. They fear a storm of popular outrage using national tax funds for European 'debt collectivisation' (Birchler and Bütler 2012). The governments of other solvent countries such as the Netherlands, Austria, and Finland are under similar pressures. This is also why Germany and company oppose further bailouts by the ECB.

But all this naysaying does not bring the sovereign debt problems in some Eurozone nations any closer to an end. The crisis rolls on. If it lasts long enough, the problems may drag the Eurozone into a negative spiral of recession and debt that risks exacerbating the crisis and a possibly leading to the collapse of the Eurozone.

In the face of these multiple dilemmas, governments should consider imposing one-off capital levies on the rich in order to refinance and bring down national debt (Bach 2012, Bach et al. 2011).

Continua qui

Tratto da www.voxeu.org
eZ Publish™ copyright © 1999-2015 eZ Systems AS