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Steven Hill on Europe and the Financial Crisis
Web Chat: February 16, 2010 - Politico, 35 minutes. Moderator David Mark.
Hill points out that however you want to measure it, the EU economy is robust and vibrant. Europe is the largest trading partner both of the United States and China. Europe’s stocks and investment returns have out-performed those in the U.S., making Europe an international investment magnet.
Web Chat: February 16, 2010 - Politico, 35 minutes. Moderator David Mark.
Hill points out that however you want to measure it, the EU economy is robust and vibrant. Europe is the largest trading partner both of the United States and China. Europe’s stocks and investment returns have out-performed those in the U.S., making Europe an international investment magnet.
Steven Hill: The Crisis Unites Europe
Interview in Greek: 16 October 2010 – Vima Online, the leading daily newspaper in Greece, by Markos Karasarinis (Greek reference: Στίβεν Χίλ Η κρίση ενώνει την Ευρώπη Μάρκος Καρασαρίνης, 16 Οκτωβρίου 2010 - Το Βήμα Online. Use Google translator). Hill talks about the opportunities the crisis provides to Europe, and believes that Greece is on the right track. More specifically he states that the current government is moving in the right direction away from the previous practices of hiding deficits and combating tax evasion.
Interview in Greek: 16 October 2010 – Vima Online, the leading daily newspaper in Greece, by Markos Karasarinis (Greek reference: Στίβεν Χίλ Η κρίση ενώνει την Ευρώπη Μάρκος Καρασαρίνης, 16 Οκτωβρίου 2010 - Το Βήμα Online. Use Google translator). Hill talks about the opportunities the crisis provides to Europe, and believes that Greece is on the right track. More specifically he states that the current government is moving in the right direction away from the previous practices of hiding deficits and combating tax evasion.
‘Muddling Through’ Is the New Normal – And I Feel Fine
22 March 2011 – Social Europe Journal. Hill introduces us to the era of muddling through. Concerning the economic crisis he notes that Europe’s flaws and future challenges are very real and should not be minimized, but nor should they be exaggerated or obsessed over. This is no time to be complacent, but it’s also no time to panic. Rashly hitting the “Apocalypse Soon” button unleashes unfortunate consequences. Politics is about the art of the possible, and muddling through has its merits.
22 March 2011 – Social Europe Journal. Hill introduces us to the era of muddling through. Concerning the economic crisis he notes that Europe’s flaws and future challenges are very real and should not be minimized, but nor should they be exaggerated or obsessed over. This is no time to be complacent, but it’s also no time to panic. Rashly hitting the “Apocalypse Soon” button unleashes unfortunate consequences. Politics is about the art of the possible, and muddling through has its merits.
Merkel, Germany, Overthrow Obama, U.S., at G-20
Blog: How's Europe Doing - posted : 22 November 2010 - Washington Monthly.
The media missed what really went down at the Group of 20 meeting in Seoul, South Korea. That meeting has emerged as a game changing moment. Not only did President Barack Obama suffer a loss of face, but America’s economic leadership took a major hit.
Blog: How's Europe Doing - posted : 22 November 2010 - Washington Monthly.
The media missed what really went down at the Group of 20 meeting in Seoul, South Korea. That meeting has emerged as a game changing moment. Not only did President Barack Obama suffer a loss of face, but America’s economic leadership took a major hit.
Economic Powerhouse Germany
Article: 22 February 2011 – IP Global. High-tech niche ascendency and economic democracy propel Europe's export star, Germany. It's undeniable that today’s Germany is a huge economic success story. In spite of the world economic crisis, the unemployment rate is at its lowest in 20 years, it remains the world's fourth largest economy and is one of the world’s largest exporters. Germans also boast an enviable standard of living.
Article: 22 February 2011 – IP Global. High-tech niche ascendency and economic democracy propel Europe's export star, Germany. It's undeniable that today’s Germany is a huge economic success story. In spite of the world economic crisis, the unemployment rate is at its lowest in 20 years, it remains the world's fourth largest economy and is one of the world’s largest exporters. Germans also boast an enviable standard of living.
Angela Merkel: The World’s ‘Most Valuable Leader’
Article: August 18, 2010 - Social Europe Journal. The latest report showing Germany’s economy growing at a blistering annual rate of nearly 9%, well into recovery from a US-made economic collapse, is just further evidence of the obvious. Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel right now is standing head and shoulders above the pack. If we selected a planetary MVL (Most Valuable Leader) Frau Merkel would be it.
Article: August 18, 2010 - Social Europe Journal. The latest report showing Germany’s economy growing at a blistering annual rate of nearly 9%, well into recovery from a US-made economic collapse, is just further evidence of the obvious. Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel right now is standing head and shoulders above the pack. If we selected a planetary MVL (Most Valuable Leader) Frau Merkel would be it.
European Doubts About The United States; Cautious Optimism Over Recovery From Greek Crisis
Blog: How's Europe Doing – posted: 13 November 2010 - The Washington Monthly. Conference in Budapest sponsored by the EPP entitled: 'The Crisis in Europe: Re-inventing EU Policies Delivering Growth and Fighting Poverty' Hill attended a round table talk called Europe 2020 from a Center-Right Perspective. The EU Commission announced a new plan for increasing the competitiveness of European businesses and economies and renewing the “single market” across the continent. The plan is greeted with equal measures of seriousness and skepticism.
Blog: How's Europe Doing – posted: 13 November 2010 - The Washington Monthly. Conference in Budapest sponsored by the EPP entitled: 'The Crisis in Europe: Re-inventing EU Policies Delivering Growth and Fighting Poverty' Hill attended a round table talk called Europe 2020 from a Center-Right Perspective. The EU Commission announced a new plan for increasing the competitiveness of European businesses and economies and renewing the “single market” across the continent. The plan is greeted with equal measures of seriousness and skepticism.
FDL Book Salon Welcomes Steven Hill,
Book discussion: Sunday 14 February 2010 at Firedoglake - host R. Daniel Kelemen. In Europe’s Promise, Steven Hill explores European approaches to a range of contemporary policy challenges – from economic policy, to social policy, to health care, to climate change, to foreign policy – and shows that there is a distinctive ‘European Way’. He also argues convincingly that Americans have much to learn from it.
Book discussion: Sunday 14 February 2010 at Firedoglake - host R. Daniel Kelemen. In Europe’s Promise, Steven Hill explores European approaches to a range of contemporary policy challenges – from economic policy, to social policy, to health care, to climate change, to foreign policy – and shows that there is a distinctive ‘European Way’. He also argues convincingly that Americans have much to learn from it.
Europe's Conservatives Grapple With The
Economic Crisis
Blog: How's Europe Doing - posted: 28 September 2010 - The Washington Monthly. Conference in Budapest hosted by the EPP entitled: 'The Crisis in Europe: Re-inventing EU Policies Delivering Growth and Fighting Poverty'. Hill spoke on a panel about the financial crisis and how it has affected Europe and the US. Given the EU's recent proposals (featured in the Wall Street Journal) for cracking down on derivatives, hedge funds, short sales and the like, this conference gave a clear window into what the leaders of the EPP were thinking.
Economic Crisis
Blog: How's Europe Doing - posted: 28 September 2010 - The Washington Monthly. Conference in Budapest hosted by the EPP entitled: 'The Crisis in Europe: Re-inventing EU Policies Delivering Growth and Fighting Poverty'. Hill spoke on a panel about the financial crisis and how it has affected Europe and the US. Given the EU's recent proposals (featured in the Wall Street Journal) for cracking down on derivatives, hedge funds, short sales and the like, this conference gave a clear window into what the leaders of the EPP were thinking.
Europe's Social Capitalism vs. America's Wall Street Capitalism: Which Has the Better Development Model for the 21st Century?
Audio: 9 September 2010 - The Commonwealth Club of California: Public Forum. Hill contends that a quiet revolution has been occurring across the Atlantic that is rewriting the rules for how a modern society should provide economic security, environmental sustainability, and global stability for its people.
Audio: 9 September 2010 - The Commonwealth Club of California: Public Forum. Hill contends that a quiet revolution has been occurring across the Atlantic that is rewriting the rules for how a modern society should provide economic security, environmental sustainability, and global stability for its people.
Europe's Answer to Wall Street
Article: April 21, 2010 - the Nation. Sweden, Germany and other European countries are proof that you can have it all--but only if you have the right institutions to facilitate both a powerful economic engine and the supportive institutions and benefits to harness that engine.
Article: April 21, 2010 - the Nation. Sweden, Germany and other European countries are proof that you can have it all--but only if you have the right institutions to facilitate both a powerful economic engine and the supportive institutions and benefits to harness that engine.
Happy 2011: Europe’s Year of Reining in the Banks
Article: Social Europe Journal 18 January 2011 The start of 2011 has brought both good and bad news on the economic front. The bad news is that this year is beginning much like last year ended, with headlines about government debt and default. The good news is that Europe continues to make steady progress in redesigning its financial system. In the latest sign of progress, this month will see the launch of four new supervisory agencies that will police Europe’s financial institutions and protect consumers and taxpayers.
Article: Social Europe Journal 18 January 2011 The start of 2011 has brought both good and bad news on the economic front. The bad news is that this year is beginning much like last year ended, with headlines about government debt and default. The good news is that Europe continues to make steady progress in redesigning its financial system. In the latest sign of progress, this month will see the launch of four new supervisory agencies that will police Europe’s financial institutions and protect consumers and taxpayers.
The Prime Ministers Weigh In; What Is The Proper Role and Social Function Of A Bank?
Blog: How's Europe Doing - posted 30 September 2010 - The Washington Monthly. Panel discussion in Budapest entitled: Rebuilding confidence in financial markets: financial regulations, budgetary discipline, monetary stability The heart of Hill's speech concerned values-based banking and finance and dealt with the question of 'What are the right values for a banking and financial system?' He explored how banks and the financial industry could be turned away from the casinos they have become and made into responsible institutions.
Blog: How's Europe Doing - posted 30 September 2010 - The Washington Monthly. Panel discussion in Budapest entitled: Rebuilding confidence in financial markets: financial regulations, budgetary discipline, monetary stability The heart of Hill's speech concerned values-based banking and finance and dealt with the question of 'What are the right values for a banking and financial system?' He explored how banks and the financial industry could be turned away from the casinos they have become and made into responsible institutions.
Can Krugmanomics Be Saved?
Article: 21 February 2011 - Social Europe Journal. Paul Krugman recently penned a 6000 word essay for New York Times Magazine provocatively titled “Can Europe Be Saved?” (January 16, 2011). A title of “Can the Euro Be Saved?” is a better fit for the article itself and is worth discussing. Asking “can Europe be saved?” is cataclysmic thinking on the silliest order.
Article: 21 February 2011 - Social Europe Journal. Paul Krugman recently penned a 6000 word essay for New York Times Magazine provocatively titled “Can Europe Be Saved?” (January 16, 2011). A title of “Can the Euro Be Saved?” is a better fit for the article itself and is worth discussing. Asking “can Europe be saved?” is cataclysmic thinking on the silliest order.
Reconsidering Japan, Reconsidering Paul Krugman
Blog: posted November 19, 2010 – Industry News. If consumer-driven growth was the order of the day in the post-World War II era, going forward it is going to be steady-state economic growth — growing not too fast, but not too slowly — and learning to do more with less. Yet stimulus hawks like Krugman don’t seem to get this; they want to crank the “growth machine” into full gear with huge government stimulus spending. But the real game is no longer strictly about economic growth, it’s also about sustainability.
Blog: posted November 19, 2010 – Industry News. If consumer-driven growth was the order of the day in the post-World War II era, going forward it is going to be steady-state economic growth — growing not too fast, but not too slowly — and learning to do more with less. Yet stimulus hawks like Krugman don’t seem to get this; they want to crank the “growth machine” into full gear with huge government stimulus spending. But the real game is no longer strictly about economic growth, it’s also about sustainability.
The Economic Fallacy of 'Zombie' Japan
Article: August 11, 2010 - the Guardian. In the current debate over fiscal stimulus versus deficit reduction for economic recovery, various economists now are criticising Germany. Krugman has written that the Germans "seem to be getting their talking points from the collected speeches of Herbert Hoover". Krugman, a stimulus hawk, is criticising Germany for the same thing for which he has criticised Japan - not spending, or consuming, enough to stimulate its economy.
Article: August 11, 2010 - the Guardian. In the current debate over fiscal stimulus versus deficit reduction for economic recovery, various economists now are criticising Germany. Krugman has written that the Germans "seem to be getting their talking points from the collected speeches of Herbert Hoover". Krugman, a stimulus hawk, is criticising Germany for the same thing for which he has criticised Japan - not spending, or consuming, enough to stimulate its economy.
Posted: 27 April 2011 - Social Europe Journal. The Battle of the Budget Deficit has become centre stage in the United States and will dominate for many months – most likely into the presidential campaign in 2012. The battle in the U.S. mirrors similar ones in Europe, Japan and elsewhere, but there are important differences that put America at a disadvantage.
Europe Tax Model Delivers Much More
Article: April 15, 2010 - the Sacramento Bee. With U.S. government deficits soaring, everyone from the tea baggers to Fox News and Senate Republicans are sounding the alarm about a return to "big government". Well, Hill argues that the problem is not paying taxes, but what tax payers get in return.
Article: April 15, 2010 - the Sacramento Bee. With U.S. government deficits soaring, everyone from the tea baggers to Fox News and Senate Republicans are sounding the alarm about a return to "big government". Well, Hill argues that the problem is not paying taxes, but what tax payers get in return.
Happy Tax Day: Are Americans Getting Their Money's Worth?
Posted April 16, 2010 - Huffington Post. April 15th is the day that income tax returns are due in the States. In America there is a perception that the poor Europeans are overtaxed serfs. But a closer look reveals that this is a myth that prevents Americans from understanding the vast shortcomings of our own system.
Posted April 16, 2010 - Huffington Post. April 15th is the day that income tax returns are due in the States. In America there is a perception that the poor Europeans are overtaxed serfs. But a closer look reveals that this is a myth that prevents Americans from understanding the vast shortcomings of our own system.
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