The number of racist attacks on refugees is soaring in Germany. Far-right offences average 100 per day, while the AfD are further boosted by a CDU anti-immigrant motion in the Bundestag.
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Austerity
Stathis Kouvelakis & Costas Lapavitsas: Syriza’s Repressive Turn
Alexis Tsipras’s government promised to end austerity. Now it’s defending the banks against people evicted from their homes — and persecuting those who protest. Read here
Finance
The hunt for Toys R Us’ missing millions: Investigators probe a £580m loan moved to a tax haven just months before the store went bust
As usual, in the end we shall discover that this was “completely legal” and the pension fund will be left with a massive deficit. Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: ECB operations are like the wild west and beyond democratic legitimacy
“For a monetary system that professes virtue because it is so rule-driven, the day-to-day reality is a sort of ad hoc adventure where there are no rules.” Read here
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