The global economy is consuming 100 billion tonnes of materials a year for the first time ever, but the cycling rate of resources has gone into reverse.
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Corruption
DW: Merkel’s CDU under fire over nomination of far-right ex-spy chief
The decision to have Hans-Georg Maassen run as a candidate in Germany’s upcoming general election has prompted a wave a criticism for Merkel’s conservatives — and accusations of far-right pandering. Read here
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck: The Interest Rate and the ECB – The European Central Bank will disgrace itself again and Germany is to blame this time too
The fact that the ECB now intends to raise interest rates in a situation where the economy is extremely fragile and even, as is currently the case in the EMU, threatens to plunge into a […]
Austerity
IMF internal watchdog condemns the institution’s mishandling of Greece “rescue”
Here two articles concerning the report by the internal auditor of the IMF concerning its disastrous handling of Greece´s “financial rescue” Read here (easier to read) and here (better analysis)
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