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Frances Coppola: Merging Deutsche Bank And Commerzbank Won’t Solve Their Problems

March 19, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Fundamentally, this proposed merger isn’t about creating a robust and profitable bank. It is all about German politics. Germany would suffer considerable loss of face if its largest bank were forced into the ignominious European […]

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City Lab: In Need of Housing, Barcelona Fines Landlords For Long-Vacant Buildings

March 18, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

The massive fines levied against the investment funds have been interpreted as a “declaration of war” from Mayor Ada Colau, who wants more affordable housing. Read here

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Yanis Varoufakis – EU Court defends the ECB’s right to cover up its illegal closure of Greece’s banks

March 15, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

The European Union Court delivered its verdict: European citizens cannot be allowed to find out whether the ECB acted legally in closing down Greece’s banks in June 2015. Why? In the wording of the three […]

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Reuters: EU court shields ECB from disclosing key document in Greek crisis

March 12, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Who needs democracy and transparency when we have the EU? Read here

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Positive Money Europe – ECB announces new giant subsidy for banks – but why would it work this time?

March 7, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

In response to a reduction of growth and inflation prospects for 2019, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced new long-term subsidized loans for banks. But why would it work better this time? By Stan Jourdan, […]

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The MMT Podcast – Steven Hail: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Banking, But Were Afraid To Ask

March 6, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

MMT economist Steven Hail helps understand the intricacies of a modern money banking system as they discuss the interplay of government spending, private sector transactions, reserve and bond accounts at the central bank and how […]

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Renegade Inc – Nick Shaxson: The Finance Curse

February 19, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Finance good, big finance better and biggest finance best. This subtle mantra has bounced around developed economies for decades and has almost entirely captured politicians, the media and the public. Countries have fallen over themselves […]

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Politico: Deutsche Bank deflects EU lawmakers’ questions in money laundering probe

February 6, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

They will not be able to do this in front of the US congress. Just like Volkswagen and other German car makers, Deutsche Bank needs not respect EU lawmakers. This is the advantage of being […]

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Ann Pettifor – Capital controls vs exchange controls: a brief review

January 31, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Confused by the recent debate around capital and exchange controls? PEF Council member Ann Pettifor explains the crucial difference between the two, and the role capital controls would play in a progressive economy. Ann Pettifor […]

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Ann Pettifor – They think it’s all over

January 31, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

On Labour´s attempt to forge a reputation for economic competency based on new economics: What does it mean? Has it worked? Can Labour escape the balancing the household books narrative? Is austerity economics really over?

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The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform by Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian

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Book Review by Branko Milanović Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian’s The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform is a book about how China transformed itself between the Great Leap Forward and the early […]

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Germany’s Jewish Problem: Genocides Past and Present by Wieland Hoban

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Reviewed by Raymond Deane On 30 January, Uwe Becker – the so-called commissioner for Jewish life and the fight against anti-Semitism in the German state of Hesse – demanded that the organization Jewish Voice for […]

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