Sylvester Eijffinger

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Sylvester Eijffinger is Professor of Financial Economics at Tilburg University in the Netherlands.

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Who Will Be Europe’s Alexander Hamilton?
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Who Will Be Europe’s Alexander Hamilton?

Aug 7, 2017 Sylvester Eijffinger argues that monetary policies have been exhausted, making a fiscal union more urgent than ever.

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Europe’s Dutch Turning Point?
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Europe’s Dutch Turning Point?

Mar 21, 2017 Sylvester Eijffinger considers the broader implications of the rejection of right-wing populism in the Netherlands.

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The ECB Goes Rogue
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The ECB Goes Rogue

Mar 18, 2016 Sylvester Eijffinger says that the eurozone has a monetary-policy problem, not a deflation problem.

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Germany’s Coming Downgrade
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Germany’s Coming Downgrade

Dec 16, 2013 Sylvester Eijffinger & Edin Mujagic warn that the recent downgrade of the Netherlands' credit rating could mean that Germany will be next.

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Rewriting Textbook Economics
Pedro Molina

Rewriting Textbook Economics

Sep 20, 2013 Sylvester Eijffinger on the need to rewrite economics text books.

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A Turning Point for Europe
Apr 14, 2017

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/dutch-election-eu-future-populism-by-sylvester-eijffinger-2017-03
A Turning Point for Europe
Apr 14, 2017

Unfortunately, the author of this piece made no reference to my Project Syndicate commentary of March 21, 2017 on 'Europe's Dutch Turning Point': https://twitter.com/scweijffinger/status/852488712428630016?refsrc=email&s=11

Whither Central Banking?

Lawrence H. Summers & Anna Stansbury

In an environment of secular stagnation in the developed economies, central bankers’ ingenuity in loosening monetary policy is exactly what is not needed. What is needed are admissions of impotence, in order to spur efforts by governments to promote demand through fiscal policies and other means.

The Anatomy of the Coming Recession

Nouriel Roubini

Unlike the 2008 global financial crisis, which was mostly a large negative aggregate demand shock, the next recession is likely to be caused by permanent negative supply shocks from the Sino-American trade and technology war. And trying to undo the damage through never-ending monetary and fiscal stimulus will not be an option.