Iceland won a landmark court case on Monday over its refusal to immediately cover the losses of British and Dutch depositors who lost money in Icesave, a failed Icelandic bank.
The article provides a data-rich analysis of how a banking crisis has morphed into a sovereign debt crisis as the authorities have refused to impose losses on investors in banks in the so-called core Eurozone countries. And as Rosner argues, the current path of denial and delay has increased the eventual costs to Germany and the global economy, with the tab to Germany already €500 billion higher than it would otherwise have been.
La crise de la zone euro est une crise bancaire qui a pris la forme d'une série de crises des dettes souveraines. Une crise aggravée par des idées économiques réactionnaires, une architecture défectueuse et un climat politique toxique. (Par James K. Galbraith, économiste, Aurore Lalucq, économiste Institut Veblen)
The Justice Department is investigating whether the nation’s largest credit ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s, improperly rated dozens of mortgage securities in the years leading up to the financial crisis, according to two people interviewed by the government and another briefed on such interviews.
What with the Murdoch scandal, the eurozone problems and ongoing US economic woes, the greedy few have left people disillusioned with our debased democracies. (By Charles Moore)
Die Kanzlerin hat in letzter Minute darauf verzichtet, Private für Griechenlands Drama zahlen zu lassen. Gut so. Es gibt subtilere Mittel, Geldinstitute am Schuldenabbau zu beteiligen.
Nach dem Rettungspaket im Volumen von 480 Milliarden Euro greift nun der Bundestag den Banken unter die Arme: Sie dürfen ihre Risikopapiere in Bad Banks umschichten.