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Having emerged from the position of the sick man of Europe only a decade ago, Germany is now willfully, if thoughtlessly, undoing the
reforms
that had so strengthened its economy.
In the 1990s, it failed to put money behind the economic
reforms
that it sponsored.
Greater predictability and clarity in the property system is likely to bring economic benefits, reassure international investors, and signal the leadership’s determination to pursue further economic
reforms.
The government is fortunate to have my lawyer friend’s faith in the legal system, but now it must earn ordinary citizens’ trust by enacting
reforms.
Many countries, including Italy and Spain, must overcome structural barriers to competitiveness, growth, and job creation through multi-year
reforms
of labor markets, pensions, housing, and economic governance.
Some, like the US, can combine structural
reforms
with short-term demand stimulus.
A few, led by Germany, are reaping the benefits of years of steadfast (and underappreciated)
reforms.
The Pain in SpainLONDON – Spain is the eurozone’s latest poster child for austerity and structural
reforms.
But Spain’s recovery is not quite what it seems, and there is scant evidence that what progress the country has made is the result of austerity and
reforms.
Likewise, there is not much evidence that structural
reforms
have spurred Spain’s recovery.
As China has opened up its economy, deepened reforms, and become increasingly market-oriented, the government has facilitated the continuous monetization of resources – including natural resources, labor, capital, and technology – by ensuring their constant delivery to the market.
The necessary
reforms
will open the way for public-private partnerships, which can provide investment for infrastructure development and maintenance.
Many governments waste good economic times by postponing the
reforms
needed to build a prosperous future.
Instead, privatization was blocked, while fiscal
reforms
and deregulation remained paper proposals.
Contrary to popular cliché, PiS’s victory in 2005 did not result from “reform fatigue,” since there were not many
reforms
implemented in 2000-2005 (except for an ambitious but partially blocked attempt at fiscal consolidation).
On the contrary,
reforms
usually are undertaken only when the signs of an impending crisis are so strong that it is increasingly difficult to ignore them, or after the crisis has already “educated” voters.
(However, if the crisis follows reforms, populist politicians may win by blaming the reforms, instead of their incomplete nature, as in Argentina.)
In Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has unleashed a combination of aggressive monetary and fiscal expansion along with promised
reforms
of the labor market, corporate governance, regulation, and trade.
Now Abe has signaled his intention to move forward with tough structural
reforms.
Thus, serious
reforms
and deep debt relief need to go hand in hand.
To begin with, the Greek government must be clear about the need for urgent economic
reforms.
To ensure such an outcome, debt relief and tough
reforms
should be phased in over time, according to an agreed schedule, with each party following through on its commitments, as long as the other does, as well.
The main problem is that the Fed has not moved with alacrity to implement fully key provisions of the Dodd-Frank financial reforms, which were passed in 2010.
Fearing threats to their vast economic empire and their grip on high politics, the generals decided to end the reforms, overturn the results of Algeria’s first democratic parliamentary elections, and remove Benjedid from power.
Structural
reforms
are important to guarantee future sustainable growth, but they do not generate growth in the short term, which is what Europe needs.
Within the eurozone, structural
reforms
and more efficient public spending, which are essential to sustainable long-term growth and debt levels, must be combined with policies to support demand and recovery in the short term.
What is needed is a grand bargain, with countries that lack policy credibility undertaking structural
reforms
without delay, in exchange for more room within the EU for growth-generating measures, even at the cost of higher short-term deficits.
For example, in March, Li said that implementing the needed market
reforms
“will be very painful, and even feel like cutting one’s wrist.”
The
reforms
helped to reduce the jobless rate, but at the cost of stagnant inflation-adjusted wages and widespread personal financial stress.
By the time the West came to believe that Gorbachev and his
reforms
were genuine, resentment among his Kremlin colleagues was boiling over.
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