Wolfgang Schäuble is the person who personified the so-called ‘die schwarze null’ (Black Zero) while finance Minister. His conduct as finance minister was an instrumental element in extending the GFC across the Eurozone. He is still influential in European politics and his latest Op Ed makes it clear that the austerity mindset is still alive and well despite the current relaxation of the Stability and Growth Pact rules during the pandemic.
Climate Crisis
George Monbiot – Surface Tension
Our survival depends on piercing the glassy surface of distraction, and ceasing to obey. Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: An MMT-Green New Deal and the financial markets – Part 2
In this part, I am briefly outlining what I think an MMT-Green New Deal agenda would encompass in the field of financial market changes. Read here
EU politics
The Local fr: ‘They tell nothing but lies’: France’s ‘yellow vests’ reveal their hatred of the media
The two most effective state weapons against democracy are the police and the media. As Serge Halimi wrote in his billiant article Forgotten France rises up (read here) French journlaists have been warned ‘Journalists must […]
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