free market Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/free-market/ Independent research and policy analysis on fiscal, monetary, and regulatory issues in Europe Sun, 15 Jun 2025 14:07:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://en.irefeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/IREF-LinkedIn-Profile-DarkBlue-scaled.png free market Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/free-market/ 32 32 Terra Incognita https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/terra-incognita/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=terra-incognita https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/terra-incognita/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 03:42:32 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=35838 We don’t know whether the trade war triggered by President Donald Trump stems from his ignorance of the potential consequences, it is a poorly conceived strategy of “conquering” global markets,…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/terra-incognita/feed/ 0 The UK Labour Party’s economic approach – ‘modern supply side’ https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-uk-labour-partys-economic-approach-modern-supply-side/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-uk-labour-partys-economic-approach-modern-supply-side https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-uk-labour-partys-economic-approach-modern-supply-side/#respond Wed, 04 Dec 2024 05:41:50 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=35724 Introduction The measures taken by the UK’s Labour Party since taking office in July 2024 will appear bizarre to most economists. They are based on a cluster of theories that…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-uk-labour-partys-economic-approach-modern-supply-side/feed/ 0 Free market is not to be blamed for the private debt bubble: the case of Spain https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/free-market-is-not-to-be-blamed-for-the-private-debt-bubble-the-case-of-spain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-market-is-not-to-be-blamed-for-the-private-debt-bubble-the-case-of-spain https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/free-market-is-not-to-be-blamed-for-the-private-debt-bubble-the-case-of-spain/#respond Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:31:29 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/free-market-is-not-to-be-blamed-for-the-private-debt-bubble-the-case-of-spain/ When reflecting on the causes of the current economic and financial crisis, the huge upsurge in private debt is one of the most cited reasons. Some people insist on blaming the private sector for this. According to them, the sustainability of its behavior has been clearly put into question by the recent events. But, what lies behind this exorbitant private indebtedness? This article is focusing on the Spanish case, with some references to the United States.

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