speculation Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/speculation/ Independent research and policy analysis on fiscal, monetary, and regulatory issues in Europe Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:23:59 +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 speculation Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/speculation/ 32 32 Public debt: aren’t we glad to rely on speculation and financial markets! https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/public-debt-aren-t-we-glad-to-rely-on-speculation-and-financial-markets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=public-debt-aren-t-we-glad-to-rely-on-speculation-and-financial-markets https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/public-debt-aren-t-we-glad-to-rely-on-speculation-and-financial-markets/#respond Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:23:59 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/public-debt-aren-t-we-glad-to-rely-on-speculation-and-financial-markets/ Constant attacks on tax havens and hedge funds by some politicians and statesmen is at least inappropriate. As a matter of fact, it is thanks to “speculators” that we have learnt about the pitiful state of public finance in several states (for example in Greece). On the other hand, international financial markets are the unique source of liquidities for troubled States. This is the point of view of Nicolas Lecaussin, Director of Development at IREF.

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