CAN SPAIN LEAD EUROPE TO GREATER ECONOMIC FREEDOM?
By James M. Roberts and Daniel Lacalle, Ph.D. (Published by The Heritage Foundation)
The 2019 edition of the annual Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom[1] shows moderate slippage in the rankings of some eurozone economies. This is a concern, especially as this trend coincides with the peak of the largest monetary stimulus in European Union history, the goal of which was to provide EU economies with opportunities to modernize and to implement important structural reforms aimed at delivering more robust growth, more sustainable job creation, and the generation of higher-quality job openings. Continue reading Can Spain Lead Europe To Greater Economic Freedom?
The Importance of Profit and Sound Financing In Socially Responsible Investment
If we analyze the ranking of the main technological companies (2017), there is not a single European among the top fifteen. The vast majority are North American and Chinese companies.
What happens when politicians see that their monster stimuli have not delivered? They bring the next rabbit out of a hat. They need a new name and a new magic solution to make citizens believe in the magic of demand-side policies despite the constant failure of those same plans.