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Francis Weyzig – Netherlands: The State Secretary of Finance loses his temper

November 19, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

The Netherlands have become notorious as a corporate tax haven, something they do not want to give up and are secure with EU protection. Long before Donald Trump became president, EU politicians were experts at […]

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Yanis Varoufakis – The euro and Steve Bannon’s Fascist International

November 19, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

On 17th October 2018, Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice President of the European Commission, addressed the Oxford Union in support of the motion that “the euro has never been stronger“. Today, Friday 16th November 2018, Steve Bannon […]

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Brais Fernández: Spain’s New-Old Monster

November 19, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Until recently, Spain was uniquely free of neofascism. Not anymore. Read here

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Ashoka Mody: The eurozone is having an identity crisis and Italy will bear the brunt

November 19, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Rather than rethink their broken economic model, European leaders will drive Italy into an unmanageable situation. Read here  

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Bill Mitchell: EU Services Notification Directive will undermine democracy within cities

November 19, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

How the non-democratic EU Commission continues to usurp power to serve corporations. It is good that Bill Mitchell has picked up on this and provides a thorough analysis. This is  truly important. Read here

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Branko Milanovic – How Adam Smith proposed to have his cake and eat it too

November 18, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

“Smith failed to acknowledge the amorality of market forces…He failed to recognize that speculators and gamblers, thieves and fraudsters often flourished while people of industry, prudence, and circumspection were broken by forces outside their control” […]

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Frances Coppola – Some governments really are like households

November 18, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Most developed nations are capable of using their own currency to pay for exports, thus having a better chance of managing its debt in foreign currencies. This is not true of developing nations according to […]

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Sergio Cesaratto and Antonino Iero – It’s the interest rate, stupid!

November 17, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Words of reason for supporting Italy in its current crisis, but this is about German led social re-engineering in the EU rather than economics. Sergio Cesaratto is Professor of Growth and Development Economics and of […]

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David Shirreff – Theresa and the “N”-word

November 17, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

David Shirreff opines on the British prime minister’s three choices for Brexit David Shirreff is one of the founders and current eidtors of BRAVE NEW EUROPE. He is a former finance and business journalist at […]

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OHCHR – UN poverty expert says UK policies inflict unnecessary misery

November 17, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

It is not every day that we post a press release. This one however is simple, but to the point: “In the fifth richest country in the world, this is not just a disgrace, but […]

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Complicit – Britain’s role in Israel’s genocide by Peter Oborne

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Book Review by Martin Shaw Cross.posted from Declassified UK As British people have turned against Israel’s destruction of Gaza, leading figures in its present and former governing parties still deny that Israel has committed even […]

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

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Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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