December 25, 2011 – 2:18 am
It is no secret that the ECB has held strong on how far it will directly finance the particularly needy Eurozone nations. The central bank, with Germany at its side, has stood by calls for fiscal responsibility and further austerity. It has also referred to its price stability mandate as a reason for its actions. [...]
December 10, 2011 – 11:51 pm
Yesterday, I tweeted about a post from Alex Tabarrok over at Marginal Revolution, in which he discusses the ludicrous Supreme Court case of Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories and what it could mean in terms of patents and innovation. Prometheus Labs essentially wants to patent dosage instructions for a particular drug, which would mean [...]
December 6, 2011 – 1:35 am
If the “Great Recession” and Eurozone crisis have taught us anything, it is that fiscal irresponsibility during times of prosperity might be even costlier than previously assumed. So many problems of the past few years have been the result of fiscal debts that were not only underestimated in terms of severity, but in many cases, [...]
November 28, 2011 – 11:59 pm
As Eurozone leaders continue to tip-toe around solving the monetary union’s confidence crisis, the number and variety of proposed solutions continues to grow. The structural problems of the EU require systemic reform and there have been a wide range of proposals involving everything from changes in monetary policy to breaking up the union. Many plans [...]
November 16, 2011 – 1:32 am
This blog (and I) have been named a finalist for the 2011 Blogging Scholarship by CollegeScholarships.org. There is a public vote held to determine the recipient of the award and I would appreciate it tremendously if any of this blog’s readers could help me out by clicking the following button and voting for me (Miraj [...]
Miraj Patel currently attends the University of Maryland where he is completing his Bachelor of Science in physiology and neurobiology. He will be attending pharmacy school next term. Miraj blogs about economics and society as an enthusiast and a student.