Trichet

And if you think Trichet is bad, wait until people of his age retire or die: the next generation of bureaucrats is even more indoctrinated by Chicago School free-market fundamentalism. matt w says:

Matthew Yglesias » The ECB’s Complacency 2010

The justified fear of Trichet is that monetary expansion will again inflate asset bubbles and will do little or nothing for the real economy.

Matthew Yglesias » The ECB’s Complacency 2010

Reading this, you might think Trichet is hopelessly naive:

Matthew Yglesias » The ECB’s Complacency 2010

Jean-Claude Trichet is French, and the German, French, and Benelux economies are all on similar glide-paths that are dictating monetary policy.

Matthew Yglesias » Department of Exaggeration 2010

It seems that Jean-Claude Trichet is still casting around for ideas that might prevent a repeat of the worst financial crisis in a century.

Who Would Sit at Patience Wheatcroft 2010

I realize Trichet is French, but the ECB culture is certainly based on the norms of the Bundesbank.)

Matthew Yglesias » The ECB’s Complacency 2010

European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet is on a diplomatic mission to Berlin as Germany’s reluctance to bail out Greece helps fan a fiscal crisis now burning around the euro region’s periphery.

POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 2010

At the press conference, Mr. Trichet is expected to be questioned about the implications of the euro's swift appreciation in recent weeks for the economy and for the bank's future policy.

ECB Leaves Rates on Hold Geoffrey T. Smith 2010

In an interview published Sunday in the Italian daily La Stampa, Mr. Trichet said Mr. Weber's opinion that the program should be scrapped "is not the position of the Governing Council" and that, as president, Mr. Trichet is the "porte-parole," or spokesman, for the 22-member ECB.

Central Bankers in Europe Clash Over Bond Buys Brian Blackstone 2010

Jean-Claude Trichet, the outgoing boss of the Frankfurt-based European Central Bank, has called for a euro-wide finance ministry as the only way to prevent a recurrence of the debt crisis which has seen Greece, Portugal and Ireland receive emergency aid.

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