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• Euro Countries Should Levy Wealth Tax, Bofinger Tells Spiegel

  Indebted euro-area countries should implement wealth taxes as a way to generate funds to offset future bailouts, an economic adviser to German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Der Spiegel magazine.

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  Lone German Keynesian Advocates Pooling Euro Debt

  In his office at the six-century-old University of Wuerzburg, Peter Bofinger contemplates the fate of his country under the weight of the European sovereign-debt crisis.

• Bofinger Pushes Stimulus Over Austerity for Europe

  Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Jeremy Kahn talks about his profile of German Economist Peter Bofinger and the European Redemption Pact proposal which, Bofinger believes, can save the euro. This report is a featured article in the January issue of Bloomberg Markets magazine. (Source: Bloomberg)

• Merkel Adviser Bofinger Says ‘Vicious Circle’ Must Be Halted

  Italy is in a “serious situation” and the “vicious circle” must be stopped as soon as possible, German government adviser Peter Bofinger said in a Bloomberg Television interview.

• Bofinger Proposes Joint Euro Bonds, Haircut to Lower Greek Debt

  Euro-area governments should consider haircuts and the issuance of joint bonds to cut the debt burden of countries such as Greece, said Peter Bofinger , a member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel ’s council of economic advisers.

• Euro Area Should Mull Joint Bond, Bofinger Tells Sueddeutsche

  Peter Bofinger , a member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel ’s council of economic advisers, said euro-area governments should consider issuing joint bonds to refinance the existing debt of member countries, the newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported.

• Merkel, Sarkozy May Edge Toward Euro Bonds, Bofinger Says

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy may announce proposals that “go in the direction” of joint euro-area bonds, said Peter Bofinger, an economic adviser to the German government.

• Spain Threat to Whole Europe Bank System, Bofinger Tells DRadio

  Peter Bofinger, an economic adviser to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said a Spanish banking collapse could threaten the whole European banking system because Spain’s lenders have foreign liabilities of 160 billion euros ($201 billion), Deutschlandradio Kultur reported today.

• Euro Zone Shouldn’t Add More Austerity, Bofinger Tells PNP

  Peter Bofinger, a member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s council of outside economic advisers, said the countries in the euro zone shouldn’t add any more austerity programs, Passauer Neue Presse reported.

• German Referendum Needed to Fix Euro, Bofinger Tell Standard

  Peter Bofinger, an economic adviser to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said Germany will probably need a referendum before politicians fix the structural defects of Europe’s currency, Vienna’s Der Standard newspaper reported, citing an interview.

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• "The rich would for example have to give up a part of their wealth over a 10-year period."

  - Peter Bofinger on Apr 15, 2013

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