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Positive Money: Will Switzerland be the first country in the world to introduce a Sovereign Money System?

February 28, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

In June 2018 Switzerland will hold a referendum on its national constitution. The proposal, known as the Vollgeld Initiative (VGI), would transform the Swiss money and banking system, putting an end to private banks’ ability […]

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Bill Hudson: Greek debt update

February 27, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

The eurozone must collapse in the end. If it does not, the entire eurozone will end up looking like Greece looks like today. Greece is the eurozone’s future, if it is kept in place. Read […]

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Aeron Davis: Is the British establishment finally finished?

February 27, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

The British elite in self-destruction mode. Aeron Davis looks at the developments in Britain’s establishment of the past 50 years and why it is inexorably dedicated to destroying itself – unfortunately with a lot of […]

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Real News.com – Once a Poster Child for Austerity, Latvia Becomes a Hotbed of Corruption

February 25, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Austerity didn’t produce recovery in Latvia, it produced the semblance of recovery, says white-collar criminologist Bill Black. It also led to rampant criminal activity in the banking sector, such as money laundering, taking bribes, and […]

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Richard Murphy – Public Sector Borrowing

February 25, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

We have been posting a number of articles regarding Modern Monetary Theory. Here Richard Murphy, one of the world’s leading tax experts, explains how it works, and the advantages. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in […]

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Thomas Fazi and William Mitchell – Tax havens must be closed, but not for the reasons you think

February 25, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

It is commonly believed that tackling tax evasion/avoidance is crucial to the viability of the welfare state and to the sustainability of public finances in Europe. A correct understanding of economics, however, tells a different […]

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Prem Sikka: Big four auditing firms – Above the law?

February 22, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

They are not only above the law, they seem to make it. The big four auditing companies, PwC, Ernst & Young, KPMG, and Deloitte,  provide frauds and fiddles, the production of questionable and  false company […]

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Positive Money – Why I Care About Sovereign Money

February 20, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Neo-liberalism has been so successful, among other reasons, that most people do not understand economics. Austerity would never have been possible with well-informed citizens. Positive Money is trying to disseminate knowledge concerning money – something […]

Corruption

Is ECB planning prison in its headquarters for Board of Governors?

February 19, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Two members of the European Central Bank Board of Governors are being investigated for corruption: Yannis Stournaras of Greece and now Ilmars Rimsevics of Latvia. Both are heads of their nation’s central banks. Maybe the […]

Economics

Branko Milanovic – How is the world ruled?

February 18, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

It’s a funny old world – or one in which lies are formed into a reality to ensure power. Read here  

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

August 10, 2025 0

Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

July 2, 2025 0

Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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