Volume 5(2), 2017
ARE INCREASING STUDENT LOAN DEBT LEVELS BURDENING GRADUATES?
ABSTRACT. Our paper contributes to the literature by providing evidence on the obstacles that student loan debtors should overcome with the aim of obtaining relief. This research makes conceptual and methodological contributions to the alterations bankruptcy reform generated on the private student l..
THE IMF’S ROLE IN THE RESOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN SOVEREIGN DEBT CRISIS: A REASSESSMENT
ABSTRACT. This article reviews Henning (2017) and supplements it with theoretically based empirical research. The choice to comprise the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the reaction to the euro crisis clarifies a deep-rooted and emergent phenomenon in global relations: current worldwide issues ..
TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL ECONOMY: AN INITIATIVE FOR G20 LEADERSHIP
ABSTRACT. Global adoption of the new United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Change Agreement in 2015 has decisively positioned sustainability as a core value of the international community. Implementing these ambitious commitments to environmental, economic, and so..
THE GREEK DEBT CRISIS AND THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF AUSTERITY
ABSTRACT. We trace the reasons for the negative development of Greek government debt from 1980 to 2014 by studying the deficits of the Greek state under the same period. During all these years of deficit, Greece accumulated the enormous debt that today is about 175% of its GDP. We observe five negat..
XI JINPING’S CHALLENGE: WHAT IS BEHIND CHINA’S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN?
ABSTRACT. The unprecedented campaign against corruption appears as an answer to the erosion of the state party legitimacy, following the extent of social polarization, much higher in detailed representative surveys than in the official statistics. As the new blueprint for reform defined by the 3rd P..