Interview on 'The Street'

Yesterday, I talked about the Greek crisis on American TV station 'The Street'. See the interview here.

CNBC interview

Tomorrow morning at 7 CET I'll be on CNBC to talk about Tsipras's visit to Berlin.

Update: here is the video.

Give Greece a chance

Greece's Alexis Tsipras has embarked on a European tour to win support for his economic agenda. European leaders should engage constructively with his proposals. There are many good economic arguments for Tsipras plans but the main reason to make concessions to Greece is a lesson from the politics of the Great Depression. When the Great Depression hit the industrialised world in the late 1920s a series of dramatic economic policy misjudgments made the crisis worse. However, the fact that economic troubles let to political collapse in Germany but not in other countries was more to do with politics than with economics...

Read the full piece in the Huffington Post. 

Does Tsipras have a better plan for Europe than Merkel?

Of course he does. And better than the plans of Hollande, Renzi, Miliband et al. I explain why in the Huffington Post.

Austerity is bad for business. End it now.

'Most advocates of austerity policies claim to be “pro-business” but the results of tight fiscal policy have damaged the prospects of companies across Europe. Below, Florian Schui argues that it is time for politicians to learn pragmatism from successful business leaders and ditch a policy that does not work.'

Read the full piece in The World Financial Review.

Radio interview

and listener phone in on Austrian station Ö1. Listen here. (In German.)

TV interview on 3Sat

The TV interview from Austrian station ORF has been rebroadcasted on the show 'Kulturzeit' on 3Sat (a German/Swiss/Austrian channel). Watch it here.