Tag Archives: Calitatea instituțională a mediului de afaceri
The Romanian economy is almost built around the state budget
Fiscal policy does not need to solve only the quantitative and, often, circumstantial problems of the budget, as it happened, unfortunately, until now, but rather to solve structural, profound problems of the economy. At the same time, in my opinion, structural reforms should mean more than professionalizing the management and cleaning the SOEs sector. Consolidating the
The Romanian capital is promisingly increasing
Firms with local capital developed promisingly in the past period, but they are waiting for even more positive signs from the state. It is important that the topic of Romanian capital does not become an argument against foreign capital, as the increase of foreign investment supports an even faster accumulation of Romanian capital, especially among SMEs. Romanian entrepreneurship can
If the reduction of Social Security Contributions can be done without IMF’s approval, then we have missed this chance since 2013
In economics, “later” means missed chances. The reduction of Social Security Contribution is discussed since one year and a half, and when it finally happens, it might not generate the interest and confidence that entrepreneurs needed. On the other hand, the announcement that social security contributions will be reduced comes in a special context, where it is clear that it does not benefit
Where Does the Economy Suffer: the Institutional Quality of the Business Environment
Most of the times, economic performance is associated with a financial-quantitative context, which decadently captures the postmodern moral with respect to capital accumulation and business success: who invests money has success and vice-versa. Rarely this debate comes down coherently to the foundations of economic logic. Because who has time to discern on capital
The Crisis and the State: from European Realities to Institutional Imperatives
Anchored, by definition, in the logic of budget balance, the Victorian fiscal morality became today, in contemporary democracy, worthy to be displayed in the museums of economic history. Nowadays, the Keynesian doctrine – in its original version or in its reloaded post-crisis version – established a true status quo of budgetary deficits and public debts. Overwhelmed by the
