Jan 28 From the Pain in Spain to Taxes in Naxos: Merle Hazard's Euro-Serenades By Paul Solman All this week we've featured investment advisor Jon Shayne, aka Country-and-Western economist Merle Hazard, warbling his way through the European debt debacle. He started with the pain in Spain and moved on through Erin Go Broke… Continue reading
Jan 26 The Hits Just Keep On Coming By Elizabeth Shell By "hits," I mean Merle Hazard's Golden Newbie Euro-crisis Euro-tunes, as well as the Internet views that they've been garnering. Monday's post: The Pain in Spain Falls Plainly from Merle's Brain. Yesterday's: Erin Go Broke. And today, the… Continue reading
Jan 25 Making Sen$e: Erin Go Broke By Paul Solman Today's post puts the economic woes of the Emerald Isle to music. The lyrics are Hazard's, though I confess to have taken crack at them myself and then, at some risk to my ego, sent both sets of lyrics… Continue reading
Jan 25 Erin Go Broke By Elizabeth Shell Today's post puts the economic woes of the Emerald Isle to music. The lyrics are Hazard's, though I confess to have taken crack at them myself and then, at some risk to my ego, sent both sets of lyrics --… Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch Ireland's Woes: Onetime Celtic Tiger Now 'Nation of Beggars' Ireland's finance minister announced severe budget cuts Tuesday as its economy reels from a real estate boom and bust that have left the country with massive debt. Emma Alberici reports from Dublin for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Continue watching
Dec 07 Q&A: Ireland's Housing Market Boom Goes Bust Ireland now faces the toughest budget in its history, and many wonder how a country once heralded as an economic beacon for smaller nations could have run into such troubles. Could housing, a big factor in its boom and bust,… Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch After Bailout for Irish, Questions Linger Over Portugal, Spain After a report from the business editor of The Irish Independent, Maeve Dineen, Jeffrey Brown gets two views on the potential political impact of Ireland's bailout with economist Jacob Kirkegaard and George Washington University professor Scheherazade Rehman. Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch After Bailout, Irish Confront 'Loss of Sovereignty' to EU The Irish government accepted a bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund worth 80-90 billion euros. Faisal Islam of Independent Television News has a report from Dublin. Continue watching
Nov 22 Ireland's Bailout Plan Aims to Ease Broader Economic Crisis By Larisa Epatko Ireland, the European Union and International Monetary Fund agreed over the weekend to an 80 billion to 90 billion euro ($109 billion to $123 billion) financial bailout plan to help Ireland's ailing economy and prevent the broader economic crisis from… Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch News Wrap: Pelosi, Boehner Re-Elected to Lead Parties in House In other news Wednesday, outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi won enough votes from her Democratic colleagues to keep the party's top spot in the next Congress when the GOP takes over control. As expected, GOP Minority Leader John… Continue watching