This is the result of the financialisation of homes. Dirty money, be it from developing nations or the rich in the advanced economies is seeking secure havens. And what is more secure than nations, like those of the EU, which protect such transactions via weak regulatory systems. That this has occurred has to do more with a few judges and prosecutors in Spain than a efficient rule of law.
Economics
Des Freedman: Lecturers are fed up with being the big losers in the higher education market
What is described in this piece is symptomatic for the whole of Europe. Our universities are destined to become commodities in service of neo-liberalism. Let us not forget that education is what made European culture […]
Economics
Lars P. Syll: What it takes to become a great economist
The master-economist must possess a rare combination of gifts … He must be mathematician, historian, statesman, philosopher—in some degree. Read here
Climate Change
Leslie Rankin: Brits Need To Talk About Climate Change As Much As We Talk About The Weather
Not only the Brits. Read here
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