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 like-for-like replacement of Mario Draghi is a huge misreading of her track-record.”
Economics
Chris Dillow: Socialism in one country
What I mean is simply that (some form of*) capitalism suits some countries better than others. And perhaps the UK is not one of these. Read here
Solutions
The Herald (Scotland): Scottish Government announces fracking ban
This is an important step for the Scots, but should not distract from the fact that they are and will be extracting massive amounts of oil from the North Sea. Read here
Geopolitics
Alex MacDonald: Israel orders military to stop aid boat with Greta Thunberg reaching Gaza
Israeli defence minister says aid ship should ‘turn back’ and will not be allowed to reach besieged enclave Read Article HERE
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