Bill Mitchell – ECB asset purchase programs are the only thing keeping Member States solvent

The Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic is, at least on available evidence, striking rich western countries the hardest so far. Lower-income countries will be hit hard too, however: massive capital flight is already underway. And in all […]

Simon Jenkins is of the opinion that the political elite of the EU and Spain are making a right mess of dealing with the Catalans and calls for new approach to autonomy within the EU. […]

With hindsight, one might consider Brexit, consummated after long haggling in 2020, the last, and lost, opportunity for the European Union to mend its ways and become a viable political entity, if not community.1 The […]