January 2015 - In This Issue

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In this issue: Eurozone between old and new prospects: Lettieri, Paladini, Nuti.
Wage stagnation in the US (Lawrence Mishel) and at global level (OIL).
Labor reforms in Italy and Spain (Romagnoli, Zoppoli, Baylos, Recio Andreu).
Oil's Saudi strategy (Colitti)
In the Papers: essays on Italy, U.S.Brasil and Germany

Articles & Opinions

Antonio Lettieri
Godot and Eurozone’s Policy [2]
Godot abita a Bruxelles * [3]
Ruggero Paladini
Grexit or Berlinchange? [4]
Grexit o cambiamento a Berlino? [5]
Umberto Romagnoli
La rivoluzione del voucher [6]
Marcello Colitti
The Saudi Strategy Pushes Oil in the Free Market [7]
Petrolio - la strategia saudita colpisce le fonti rinnovabili [8]
D.Mario Nuti
This Europe is no use to us [9]
Questa Europa non ci serve [10]
Lawrence Mishel
Causes of Wage Stagnation in the U.S. [11]
Albert Recio Andreu
España - El fin de la crisis o la crisis sin fin [12]
Antonio Baylos
Rechazo y reversubilidad del modelo laboral de la crisis en España [13]
Rapporto OIL
Stagna la crescita globale dei salari [14]
Lorenzo Zoppoli
ILavoro "a tutele crescenti": ma cos’è che cresce? [15]

Papers

La politica e il controllo dei processi economici [16]
Silvano Andriani
U.S. - The Top 10 Charts of 2014 [17]
Economic Policy Institute
Bancos: o peso morto da economia brasileira [18]
Ladislau Dowbor
L’immaginario perbenista nella giurisprudenza del lavoro [19]
Umberto Romagnoli
Wages, Collective Bargaining and Economic Development in Germany [20]
Thorsten Schulten and Reinhard Bispinck

   Views
    French Humor, Turned Into Tragedy [21] Andrew Hussey
    Europe’s Lapse of Reason [22] Joseph E. Stiglitz
    The Quiet German - The astonishing rise of Angela Merkel [23] George Packer
    A Quick Boost for the Economy - a $12 Minimum Wage [24] James K. Galbraith

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Editor Antonio Lettieri, Co-Editors Bruno Amoroso, Antonio Grau Baylos

Editorial Board Margarita Barañano; Ramón Baeza; Barry Bluestone;
Carlo Clericetti; Marcello Colitti; Jeff Faux; Jacques Freyssinet; Tarso Genro;
Stuart Holland; Jesper Jespersen; Elvira S. Llopis; Mario Nuti; Ruggero Paladini;
Thomas Palley; Guido Rey; Umberto Romagnoli; Mario Rusciano; Hartmut Seifert,