Economist John Makin explores, in his latest Economic Outlook, why the Eurozone crisis has worsened so quickly in recent weeks and what options this leaves for Europe.

In the lead-up to the 2011 Group of Eight (G8) summit in Deauville, France on Thursday, May 26 and Friday, May 27, the following AEI scholars will be available to comment on the G8's specific agenda items.

The ongoing sovereign debt crisis in Europe continues to weigh heavily oncredit markets and political systems throughout the developed world. 

The United States' budget deficit has placed its public finances on a clearly unsustainable path, even before considering the serious public finance problems at the state level. US public debt levels as a percent of GDP are on a path to reach within a year or two those levels at which a funding crisis in Europe's periphery was triggered.

On May 6, all eyes will be focused on the second round of the French presidential election, which Socialist challenger Francois Hollande is likely to win. Equally important for Europe’s future is the Greek parliamentary election scheduled for the very same day.

While markets are again correctly obsessing over Italy and Spain’s poor economic growth prospects, as reflected in markedly higher government bond yields for those two countries, they seem to have taken their eye off two upcoming political events that could usher in a new and more serious phase of the...

The Greek debt crisis is neither a new phenomena or a uniquely Greek problem, and finding solutions requires tackling the myths surrounding the crisis.

The exposure of the European banks to the sovereign debt of certain European countries has intensified the current financial crisis in Europe. As a byproduct of this crisis (and to a degree, S&P’s downgrade of United States debt during the past summer), government officials in Europe were unhappy with the judgments of the markets about the creditworthiness of some governments.