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BusinessWeek
December 20, 2004
James Mehring |
Italy: Will Berlusconi's Tax Cuts Make A Mark? After much government infighting, italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi finally got an $8.7 billion tax-cut package passed. But while most of the cuts will go to consumers, the money could be used more wisely.   |
BusinessWeek
April 18, 2005
Cooper & Madigan |
Italy: What's Keeping The Brakes On Growth The latest news shows that business confidence in March fell to its lowest reading since July, 2003, with drops reported in orders and production. The economy's woes are giving Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi political problems. |
BusinessWeek
February 16, 2011
Andrew Davis |
How Silvio Berlusconi Has Managed to Hang On Battered by a sex scandal, the Italian Prime Minister is still in power, helped in part by his Finance Minister and weak opposition parties. |
BusinessWeek
August 1, 2005
James Mehring |
Italy: Another Big Hole In The Budget Italy's government is fighting an uphill battle to control its budget deficits. |
BusinessWeek
October 20, 2003 |
Italy: Trying To Ease The Pension Squeeze Is Italy getting serious about pension reform? Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has made it the focal point of his 2004 budget, even taking the unusual move of going on national television to plead his case. |
BusinessWeek
August 16, 2004 |
Italy Bites The Bullet The center-right government approved $20.4 billion in spending cuts and $8.4 billion in one-time, revenue-raising measures to control the ballooning budget deficit. |
BusinessWeek
July 21, 2003
David Fairlamb |
Germany: Putting the Stability Pact in Peril Despite widespread expectations that Germany will breach the Stability & Growth Pact for a second straight year in 2003, German Finance Minister Hans Eichel says his tax cuts won't threaten efforts to keep the 2004 budget deficit below the 3% of gross domestic product limit. |
BusinessWeek
August 11, 2003
James Mehring |
Italy: One-Time Fixes Won't Do the Trick With Italy's rapidly aging population, pension reforms are needed. Otherwise, reducing budget deficits will become increasingly more difficult. |
BusinessWeek
November 22, 2004
Ewing & Rossant |
Fiddling While Budgets Bulge Europe's leaders are using accounting tricks to fix deficits. That won't cut it. |
Salon.com
February 15, 2001
Daryl Lindsey |
Reaganomics redux Supply-side economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth defends President Bush's $1.6 trillion tax cut... |
Inc.
January 2006
Robert E. Litan |
Almost a Tax Plan The budget deficit is deadly serious. Tax reform should be too. |
BusinessWeek
December 8, 2003
Christina Passariello |
Why Italians Are Saying "Arrivederci" The country's best and brightest are moving abroad to further their careers |
BusinessWeek
December 27, 2004
Cooper & Madigan |
Japan: Will Tokyo Stay Focused On Reform? Already, the Japanese government is looking at proposals for lifting taxes and cutting spending. But are the politicians and the economy up to it? |
The Motley Fool
November 18, 2011
Sean Williams |
5 More Startling Figures That Should Have You Worried About Italy Italy is in no way out of the woods -- at least if these five figures are any indication. |
Knowledge@Wharton
April 23, 2003 |
The Bush Tax Reform Plan: Greener Pastures vs. the Road to Perdition Robert J. Barro, an economics professor at Harvard University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, took up the cudgels for President Bush's proposed $726 billion tax reform plan. On the other side of the ring was Alan S. Blinder, a Princeton University economics professor. |
BusinessWeek
June 10, 2010
Caroline Winter |
Deficit Busting Government budget cutters here and abroad have the sharp knives out. Here are some examples. |
BusinessWeek
June 21, 2004
Michael J. Mandel |
Reaganomics vs. Rubinomics The heavyweight economy policy debate over the past two decades has been Reaganomics vs. Rubinomics. The two philosophies seem to have fought each other to a draw. |
BusinessWeek
November 22, 2004
Robert Kuttner |
The Budget Mess Bush Can No Longer Ignore The U.S. economy can't grow its way out of such big deficits. |
BusinessWeek
June 9, 2011
Jennifer Ryan |
As Cameron Wields the Ax, Britain Cringes The Prime Minister's $130 billion spending-cut plan is in full swing, and Britons are uneasy |
BusinessWeek
July 3, 2006
Gail Edmondson |
Barbarian In The Palace "The Sack of Rome: How a Beautiful European Country with a Fabled History And a Storied Culture Was Taken Over by a Man Named Silvio Berlusconi" is an engrossing account of what happens when an Italian media mogul turns prime minister. |
BusinessWeek
June 6, 2005
Jack Ewing |
Squeezed By The Euro Europe's single currency has not promoted growth. It has also failed to spark needed reforms and fiscal discipline. |
Inc.
July 1, 2003
Bobbie Gossage |
Back to the Future The tax cut makes this Bush look very Reaganesque. |
BusinessWeek
August 5, 2010
Peter Coy |
The Wisdom and Folly of the Bush Tax Cuts Most economists agree there's little choice but to end tax cuts from George W. Bush's era. That means the fiscal war in Washington is only going to get uglier. |
Knowledge@Wharton
March 26, 2003 |
Europe's Budget Battles Argue for a Kinder, Gentler Fiscal Pact The euro's recent rise against the dollar disguises deepening strains in the fiscal foundations of the single European currency that argue for a rethink of the rules governing the finances of participating nations. |
BusinessWeek
September 2, 2010
Sirletti & Donovan |
Italy Goes After Tax Dodgers Only 0.2 percent of Italian taxpayers declare income of more than $250,000 a year. Berlusconi's government is now determined to recoup $13 billion in unpaid taxes. |
BusinessWeek
February 2, 2004
Gail Edmondson |
Italy Needs A Renaissance In Corporate And Market Regulation Will public outrage over Parmalat finally bring new rules with sharp teeth? |
BusinessWeek
November 17, 2003
John Rossant |
How Europe Could Grow Again The European experiment was supposed to deliver prosperity. It hasn't. But with less reform than you might think, a healthy new economy could emerge. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
Italy Is Driving the World Crazy Stocks around the world sank and Italian bond yields shot up after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi offered to resign after failing to receive majority support in a parliamentary ballot. |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
Carol Matlack |
For Europe, Opportunity Knocks Why the votes against the EU constitution may strengthen Europe. |
The Motley Fool
February 14, 2011
Gary Cassady |
How to Trade Budget Cuts With the economy still in such dire straits, it is unclear exactly what effect spending cuts will have on the recovering economy. |
BusinessWeek
May 16, 2005 |
More Tax Reforms Ahead In Israel Israel's economy is forecast to grow 4% in 2005, and the government's budget deficit is expected to be a relatively small 3.4% of gross domestic product for the year. So the finance minister is preparing for another round of tax cuts. |
BusinessWeek
February 14, 2005 |
Wanted: An Honest Budget Bad news outweighs good as President Bush prepares to announce the next federal budget. |
The Motley Fool
August 1, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Crisis Averted? The Latest on the Debt Ceiling What you need to know about the mess in Washington. |
BusinessWeek
November 3, 2003
David Fairlamb |
A Family Feud Could Hobble The EU In the European union's corridors of power, the four biggest and economically strongest countries -- Germany, France, Britain, and Italy -- have always called the shots. Those days, however, may be gone forever. |
BusinessWeek
November 24, 2003
Robert Kuttner |
Harping On The Deficit May Undo The Dems I hope the Democratic candidates for President are in touch with Joseph E. Stiglitz, the 2001 Nobel prize co-winner in economics. Stiglitz has challenged a premise that has become like holy writ: the idea that deficit reductions caused the boom of the 1990s. |
BusinessWeek
November 1, 2004
John Rossant |
...But A Harsh Diagnosis For Europe Over the past 20 years most of Europe has been in deep denial. Now, the Continent is finally waking up to the policies that constrain it. And European politicians are starting to take some action. |
Reason
May 2009
Veronique de Rugy |
When Do Deficits Matter? While Democrats and Republicans switch sides regarding deficit spending, economists try to pin down a tipping point. |
BusinessWeek
June 6, 2005
Gail Edmondson |
Italy: The Euro Zone's Sickest Patient First-quarter data released this month reveal that Italy, the euro zone's third-largest economy, is officially in recession. |
BusinessWeek
June 28, 2004
Glenn Hubbard |
The Social Security And Medicare Morass Entitlement reform in the U.S. -- and encouraging more private saving -- are essential. |
BusinessWeek
July 14, 2003
Ewing & Matlack |
A New Deal in Europe? With labor's power flagging, serious reforms may be around the corner |
BusinessWeek
December 4, 2006
Maria Bartiromo |
Romano Prodi Opens Up Since he won election last April by a narrow margin over Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has made more waves than a powerboat in Venice. |
The Motley Fool
September 30, 2004
Rugaber & MacNealy |
Kerry vs. Bush: Duel Conclusion Chris Rugaber: It's Not a Lie If You Believe It... Jeremy MacNealy: Texas Hold 'em... |
BusinessWeek
February 28, 2005 |
Europe's New Rules On Immigration Spain's amnesty program for illegal aliens is heightening tension over immigration policy in Europe. |
BusinessWeek
August 11, 2003
Laura D'Andrea Tyson |
The Bush Tax Cuts Are Sapping America's Strength The cost is nearly three times as much as the tab from September 11, Afghanistan, Iraq, and homeland security combined. |
IndustryWeek
December 16, 2010 |
The Competitive Edge: The Federal Deficit Comes Into Focus Slashing the federal deficit promises significant benefits for manufacturers. |
BusinessWeek
March 1, 2004
Robert J. Barro |
It's The Spending, Stupid -- Not The Deficit Huge debt often helps curb outlays. But today that isn't happening. A discussion about government spending and taxes. |
BusinessWeek
August 5, 2010 |
Extending the Bush Tax Cuts The cost of extending the Bush tax cuts from 2010 to 2020. |
BusinessWeek
September 20, 2004
Gleckman & McNamee |
What A "Fairer" Tax Code Might Look Like A reelected Bush may rework the existing system -- or try for a consumption tax. His previous tax cuts and other ideas offer some hints as to where Bush-style reform might go. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2010
Thomas F. Cooley |
(Don't) Read My Lips: Higher Taxes Are Inevitable Given current fiscal realities, higher taxes are inevitable. |
BusinessWeek
May 13, 2010
Ryan &O'Donnell |
The Bank of England's Kingmaker A central banker's dire deficit warnings became an election issue |
