In most recent years a famous graph, showing how deep the recession is in the UK and what is the path of recovery, appeared periodically. The graph is made by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and compares the profile...
May 11, 2012 10:32 am / 2 comments
Marshall is coming back to Europe, where British argue with French about banking rules and Greeks want to place mines on the borders. Even though a new wave of recession is flooding Europe, rating agencies turned gentlemen and raised a couple...
May 10, 2012 12:19 pm / 7 comments
Radicalism in France: „it’s not a sin to make money!“. Free movement of people is in danger. Why everyone has to save money just the EU doesn’t? Britain is back in recession. Why to subsidize export of eggs? Overwhelming right-wing...
May 3, 2012 2:16 pm / 1 comment
Annual PIT settlement is a good moment to think how much Polish state actually costs us. Taxpayers” money are spent not only by the government, but also by the local governments, NFZ, ZUS, KRUS and other public institutions. In 2011 they...
May 2, 2012 9:02 am / no comments
Are there the first signs of banks‘ restructuring? Will Netherlands lose its AAA rating? Spain won a battle, but the war is not over yet. Sarko once again wants to reach for the treasure buried in ECB, Argentina is nationalizing, Italians...
April 26, 2012 2:30 pm / 50,646 comments
Will a knight from the executive board of ECB buy problematic bonds for his private portfolio as well? Are the „fiscal pact“ and ESM unconstitutional? Do you know that through the European funds you are also contributing for the early retirement...
April 19, 2012 12:24 pm / 8 comments
Presentations of the opinion poll (ppt)
Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians think that the primary cause of smuggling is taxes higher than the living standards in these countries, which generates differences in prices and gives rise to incentives...
April 13, 2012 10:35 am / 1 comment
Europe promised even more money which it doesn’t have, Spain promises painful cuts, Slovakia higher taxes. Euro Bill keeps increasing, we will pray for its rescue and just 11-year-old Dutch children want to expropriate Greeks.
We will start...
April 12, 2012 11:13 am / 1 comment
20 April 2012 is the day when Bulgarians, figuratively speaking, stop working for the government and start working for themselves. This day is called Tax Freedom Day. In 2012 Bulgarians will need to work nearly four months only to pay their...
April 11, 2012 1:25 pm / no comments
The INESS Institute, independent Slovak think tank, runs a regularly updated the Euro Bill on its specialized website eurokriza.sk. The Bill contains structured records of all Slovak guarantees, borrowings, and share of bond purchases related...
April 11, 2012 12:04 pm / 1 comment