Eurostat – Volume of retail trade down by 2.8% in the euroarea and by 2.5% in the EU yoy

The control of intangibles by a small number of mega companies could well be weakening the ability to find new ideas and develop them. Monopolies on intellectual property is not only damaging for the economy, […]

“I gotta be honest with you, I don’t really care what happens to Ukraine one way or the other,” Vance said just days before Russia launched its full-scale invasion. Read HERE Photo: Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons

From The Guardian This is a brilliant criticism of Thatcherite policy  – its collapse and how and why it has failed. Read here