An answer to this rather broad question is one of the issues that formed the subject of Alexander Fink´s presentation during the discussion forum on the topic of “East German Transformation and German Public Finance” organised by Liberalni...
May 29, 2012 11:24 am / no comments
In recent years, the Baltic States have been showcased as an austerity success story. While the whole world has seen countries such as Greece, Spain and Portugal struggling to reduce their public spending, Lithuania has been hailed as an austerity...
May 21, 2012 8:00 am / 1 comment
The aging Estonia and Europe need to accept that the state has to earn and save before it can spend and must remain within its limits both financially and functionally, writes Jürgen Ligi, the Minister of Finance.
Right now, large English language...
May 10, 2012 12:48 pm / 5 comments
On March 2, EU-25 leaders signed the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union, commonly called the Fiscal Compact. The Treaty was not signed by the Czech Republic and Great Britain. Lithuania joined...
April 17, 2012 11:39 am / 1 comment
The interesting headline written above is not just a key topic of almost all today’s discussions about economics and economic policy but also the issue of Enrico Colombatto’s exciting lecture which was held during an event organised by Liberalni...
March 9, 2012 2:09 pm / 3 comments
Press Release, 23 February 2012
The Institute for Market Economics publishes a report on fiscal rules, the logic behind their implementation, and history of fiscal rules in several countries. The report also presents an overview of such rules...
March 9, 2012 1:20 pm / no comments
Polish government began public consultation on the rise of the state pension age in February. It provoked a national debate about how long the Polish will work. There are numerous arguments for and against the reform. Some of them are just and...
March 8, 2012 2:31 pm / 1 comment