EU politics
France 24: ‘It’s up to Turkey’, say Lesbos locals of migration surge
Kicking the can down the road, and down the road, and down the road. Read here
Month: October 2019
Economics
Frances Coppola: The Sorry State Of We
The We Company has now formally withdrawn the S-1 registration for the IPO it suspended two weeks ago. The proposed equity fundraising of about $3.5bn had been widely expected to fail after being universally panned […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – A global manufacturing recession
The world capitalist economy is in a manufacturing recession now, but there are important indicators that the rest of the economy will join manufacturing soon. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London […]
Economics
Adam Leaver, Colin Haslam – Thomas Cook: a tale of two moral hazards
How the troubled package holiday firm became the latest casualty of a corporate debt bubble that has yet to fully unravel. Adam Leaver is a senior lecturer in Financial Innovation and Business Analysis at Manchester […]
Austerity
thejournal. ie: Have €42,500? That’s the amount of public debt hanging over the head of every person living in the State
IRELAND’S PUBLIC DEBT rose to €206 billion last year, an increase of €5 billion, according to a government report published today. The annual report on Public Debt states this is the equivalent of €42,500 for […]
EU politics
Yasha Levine: Ukraine: A Short History of Meddling
American meddling in Ukraine goes a lot deeper than Trump’s crude attempt to squeeze kompromat from the country’s new president. Read here
EU politics
Felicity Ruby: Assange Behind Bars
I have only ever known Julian Assange in detention. For nine years now, I have visited him in England bearing Australian news and solidarity. To Ellingham Hall I brought music and chocolate, to the Ecuadorian embassy […]