DeStatis – Germany: Retail turnover in April 2022 down 5.4% on the previous month

“The G7 has decided to finally move the international tax system into the 21st century but only enough to shamelessly benefit just themselves, leaving the rest of the world behind.” Read here

Should we have boycotted the World Cup in Qatar? Probably not. Since we have always accepted to participate in sports competitions with regimes far removed from social and electoral democracy, starting with China (2008 Olympic […]

Blogger The General Theorist wonders whether Christine Lagarde’s patchy performance as managing director of the IMF qualifies her for the trickier role of president of the European Central Bank. “The assumption that Lagarde is a […]