After months in a kind of stand-off, the Catalan independence movement will return to the streets this Friday. The holding of a Spanish cabinet meeting in Barcelona – planned weeks ago – comes at a new moment of tension between the independence movement and the Spanish government.
EU politics
Thomas Piketty: Re-thinking the capital code
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Geopolitics
The Cradle: Short on troops, Israel turns to mercenaries
Protracted and unprecedented Arab resistance has depleted Israeli troop and reservist forces and forced Tel Aviv to seek out unconventional methods – including the recruitment of foreign mercenaries – to sustain Israel’s weary military and […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell – The effectiveness and primacy of fiscal policy – Part 2
“This is the second part of a three-part series discussing the political issues that give me confidence in the primacy of fiscal policy over monetary policy.” Read here
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