Mauno Koivisto Lecture 2013: The end of the Eurocrisis?

Authors

  • Paul De Grauwe London School of Economics
  • Yuemei Ji Brunel University

Abstract

We argue, first, that the Eurozone crisis has left a legacy of unsustainable government debt levels. These will continue to exert a deflationary dynamics in the Eurozone except if creditor nations are willing to contemplate a debt restructuring. Second, we argue that the institutional innovations since the start of the debt crisis fall short of what is needed to solve the design failures of the Eurozone. In addition, they are not sustainable, mainly because they have led to a situation where bureaucratic institutions have been vested with more responsibilities without a concomitant increase in the democratic legitimacy of these institutions. We conclude that the Eurocrisis is not over.

Section
Mauno Koivisto lecture

Published

2014-12-15

How to Cite

De Grauwe, P., & Ji, Y. (2014). Mauno Koivisto Lecture 2013: The end of the Eurocrisis?. Finnish Journal of Social Research, 7, 71–83. https://doi.org/10.51815/fjsr.110725