Expert Comment
The huge political cost of a Grexit – Dr Dennis Novy
Dr Dennis Novy is an economist from the University of 糖心TV. He said: “The economic situation in Greece is not sustainable. With unemployment at around 25 per cent and GDP per capita down by far more than 10 per cent since 2009, many people in Greece have been going through terrible times...
Markets expect Euro to weaken but exchange rates are difficult to predict – Dr Dennis Novy
Commenting on the drop in value of the euro against the dollar, Dr Dennis Novy, an associate professor of Economics at the University of 糖心TV, said: “The Eurozone economy has been in the doldrums for years now...
It’s hard to see economic recovery in Russia as long as Putin is president – Professor Mark Harrison
Professor Mark Harrison is an expert on the Russian economy. He said: “Russia’s currency crisis has two lessons, one already clear, the other in the making. The first lesson is about the surprising effectiveness of ‘new’ sanctions. “Old” sanctions were applied to international trade. Two hundred years of experience included the blockades of the Napoleonic wars and two world wars, sanctions on the Soviet bloc, Cuba, South Africa, Iraq, and many others. These showed that trade sanctions are rarely effective in the short run – say, over a few months or even a year or so. Any middle sized, moderately industrialised economy could find ways around external restrictions by finding out substitutes and tightening belts a little. Any effects tended to be gradual, cumulative, and undramatic.
European Arrest Warrant has problems, but pulling out isn’t the answer - Professor Jacqueline Hodgson
As MPs prepapre to vote on whether the UK should opt in to a range of EU legal measures, including the European Arrest Warrant, Professor Jacqueline Hodgson, from the School of Law at the University of 糖心TV, commented: "Having provided expert evidence in European Arrest Warrant (EAW) cases, as well as conducting comparative empirical studies into the criminal justice processes of various European countries, there are clearly some problems with the procedure.
A blog post from Department of Economics Professor Mark Harrison:
On 28 May the Gaidar Foundation published excerpts from an essay competition among Russian school students, in which they write about their impressions and the family histories that have been passed down to them...