Blogger The General Theorist wonders whether Christine Lagarde’s patchy performance as managing director of the IMF qualifies her for the trickier role of president of the European Central Bank. “The assumption that Lagarde is a like-for-like replacement of Mario Draghi is a huge misreading of her track-record.”
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Italy should prioritise an exit of the Eurozone madness
A long, in depth piece concerning Italy leaving the Eurozone. Also see the recent article by Joseph Stiglitz on the topic here Read here
Geopolitics
Branko Marcetic – Trump’s Unimpressive Yemen Cease-Fire Deal
‘With Donald Trump’s cease-fire deal with Yemen, we now have the same outcome that we would have had if Trump had never started bombing Yemen in the first place.’ In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Al Jazeera: Thousands of Serbians block roads to protest lithium mine project
Protesters fear mining by multinational companies will cause huge damage to local environment. Read here
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