Harsh economic penalties rarely, if ever, work to change a targeted regime’s behavior; so why does the US still use them?
EU politics
Common Space: New report urges focus on causes of Brexit in ‘dysfunctional’ Britain
Leftwing thinktank warns that unaddressed problems of regional under-development, economic inequality and political alienation will create more crises like Brexit Read here
Corruption
the shift: Pilatus Bank might be gone but Malta remains a money-laundering haven
Once again it took the intervention of the US justice authorities to force the EU to finally do something about one of its criminal bank, not that the EU really cares. Laws, like austerity, are […]
Austerity
The Connexion: More strikes in France as pension reform continues
Today (Friday January 24) marks the seventh national day of strikes in France against the government’s proposed pension reforms, as protesters call for more action on Wednesday, January 29, 30 and 31. Read here
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