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LATEST ROUND OF AUSTERITY MEASURES IN GREECE WILL LEAD TO SEVERE RECESSION, NEW LEVY ECONOMICS INSTITUTE STUDY SAYS

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.— To continue meeting its obligations as part of last year’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with its European Union creditors, the Greek government has agreed to a new round of fiscal austerity measures, including sharp increases in property and income taxes as well as further reductions in pensions and other welfare-related programs. A new …

LEADING POLICYMAKERS AND ECONOMISTS TO DISCUSS EUROZONE INSTABILITY, AUSTERITY AT LEVY ECONOMICS INSTITUTE CONFERENCE IN ATHENS, GREECE, NOVEMBER 21–22

ATHENS, GREECE— The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College will gather high-level policymakers, distinguished economists, and leading banking and investment professionals at the conference “Europe at the Crossroads: A Union of Austerity or Growth Convergence?” in Athens, Greece, to explore the ongoing economic crisis in Greece and other eurozone countries. Coorganized by the Levy Institute …

EUROZONE ECONOMIC CRISIS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL STRUCTURAL FLAWS ARE ADDRESSED, NEW LEVY ECONOMICS INSTITUTE STUDY SAYS

New Report Suggests Euro Treasury to Make Dysfunctional Euro Regime Viable ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.— The European Central Bank cut interest rates this week and announced a plan to start buying assets in an effort to stimulate the eurozone’s stagnating economy. While there has been considerable debate as to whether the ECB went far enough, a new …