How the basic income movement in Greece was born in the middle of April 2013.
The first baby steps of a basic income movement in Greece
August 22nd, 2013 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Beyond the crisis, Featured | 2 Comments »
Should Germany repay Greece on war reparation?
April 18th, 2013 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Crisis routine | Leave A Comment »
Just like Greece should not repay its current public debt to foreign investors, Germany should not repay Greece for war reparations debts.
Bankers prove basic income is feasible in Greece
December 28th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Crisis routine | 2 Comments »
So the greek central bank just announced the cost of the greek bank recapitalization : 27.5bn euros just for the 4 biggest banks, 40 bn overall. That could even top at 50bn, the Bank of Greece admits. This represents about 20% of Greece’s GDP. What a scam, isn’t it? Well, this is actually awesome: just by doing […]
A simple & powerful solution for banks’ public recapitalization
November 27th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Crisis routine | Leave A Comment »
There is a simple solution for managing a public banking sector recapitalization without merely giving a free lunch to bankers : distribute equity to the People.
How to save Greece (full paper)
September 4th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Beyond the crisis | 2 Comments »
You may remember that post in which I explained how exiting the eurozone could be a good opportunity for Greece, if accompanied by a series of relevant measures such as the distribution of a monetary dividend to every citizen living in Greece (ie. a basic income grant funded by money printing).
A monetary carnage in Greece
August 5th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Warning signs | Leave A Comment »
Just a quick update on this blog in order to highlight one very worrisome (and little discussed) fact about the Greek crisis: the plunge of the money supply.
Five wrong arguments against a Greek exit
May 18th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Crisis routine | Leave A Comment »
Should we fear the possibility of Greece to exit the eurozone? This is the opinion of many commentators, journalists and economists. But their arguments are often made of fallacious analysis based on poor knowledge of the situation.
The squeaky problem of the greek silent bank run
May 16th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Crisis routine, Warning signs | 1 Comment »
With the crisis, greek banks have been suffering from huge deposit flight. Official figures show that at least 80 billion euros have been moved abroad since 2009. What consequences for the greek economy? And how to address the problem?
Grexit: the cost for the rest of the world
May 14th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Crisis routine | Leave A Comment »
Following my earlier post that intend to show that Greece could be well better outside of the eurozone, let’s have a look of the aftermaths of such a scenario for the eurozone. Here is what I found from official figures and some calculations…
How Greece might have a shinier future outside euro’s straitjacket
May 13th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Beyond the crisis | 3 Comments »
From an economist point of view, it is obvious that Greece has no chance to prosper in the eurozone. However, exiting the eurozone still raises a lot of fears and uncertainties. Fortunately, with some imagination, there may be some solutions to make an exit a real opportunity for change in Greece. In the following post, I’ll […]
