Ten days on from President Trump’s whirlwind visit to Israel and Egypt, the images of showmanship remain, but the ceasefire (let alone talk of peace) is very evidently and predictably fraying. As I noted here when the plan was first published – its terms “almost guarantee Netanyahu will resume killing, perhaps initially at lower intensity”.
EU politics
CityLab: Barcelona Forces Banks to Turn Repossessed Homes Into Affordable Housing
To address a housing shortage, Spain’s second city says bank-owned properties can no longer sit empty. Read here
Corruption
Al Jazeera – Hungary’s parliament votes to oust president in latest anti-Orban move
It’s amazing how the mainstream media in Europe has lost interest in the anti-democratic manoeuvrings of the Hungarian government now that they are being done against Orban, rather than by him. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Bill Mitchell: More evidence against the ‘trickle down’ orthodoxy in macroeconomics
“Trickle Down” has nothing to do with economics. It is a tool of class war from above. Read here
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