Charles Wyplosz
Charles Wyplosz's Latest Articles | 15
The Impossible Hope of an End to Austerity
With French and Greek voters rejecting austerity, politicians are once again taking the government spending debate seriously. This column argues that the voters... Read »
The Coming Revolt Against Austerity
Mindless austerity is losing policy credibility in some Eurozone nations. This column suggests governments shouldn’t mix long-term growth and fiscal discipline... Read »
The ECB’s Trillion Euro Bet
Spreads on public debts in the Eurozone – with the exception of Greece – are falling hard and fast. This column argues that this is in large part because the... Read »
Eurozone: Why does the crisis linger, deepen and spread?
Another year, and the Eurozone crisis lingers on. This column asks why, and discusses what can be done. It proposes a solution that can be achieved without the pain... Read »
Reaction to the Eurozone Crisis Talks: Getting there, Slowly Though
The night of Thursday 8 December saw a meeting to save the euro. Judging by reactions Friday morning, there is some way yet to go, but this column argues that Europe... Read »
Do Eurozone Leaders Finally ‘Get It’? Not Quite Yet
This week’s announcements by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and ECB President Mario Draghi that the Eurozone is taking steps towards a closer fiscal union seem... Read »
Public debt in the Eurozone, Japan, and the U.S.
Europe’s debt crisis is unfolding while Japanese and US debt problems are on hold. The problem of public debt in advanced economies will be with us for decades.... Read »
Is the Worst of Europe’s Crisis Behind Us? Or Yet to Come?
This column looks at 2011 and argues that the Eurozone crisis offers a unique chance to correct the “dreadful mismanagement” of the past year. 2010 was a dreadful... Read »
The European Debt Crisis: Worrisome Delusions
Lorenzo Bini-Smaghi – Member of the ECB’s Executive Board – has produced a brilliant defence of the no-default strategy currently pursued by the Eurozone... Read »
The Eurozone Slides Into a Vicious Cycle
The Eurozone crisis is not over. This column argues that the bailout of Greece and the €750 billion Special Purpose Vehicle set up in May 2010 was the first step... Read »







