In libertarian circles, where the leader of the German liberals, Christian Lindner, regularly moves, it has become chic to refer to the ‘successes’ of the Argentine president elected a year ago, thus creating the impression that shock therapy could also be appropriate in this country. The Argentine president, Javier Milei, is being held up as a paragon of liberalism before anyone can even present well-founded empirical evidence that his radical approach is having positive effects. Even the no-less libertarian Elon Musk is repeatedly cited as Milei’s kindred spirit, presumably to show how much money can be made if you have the right attitude.
Climate Crisis
Swissinfo.ch: Swiss CO2 law defeated at the ballot box
Switzerland’s strategy to abide by the Paris Agreement on Climate Change has hit a roadblock with a narrow majority of voters rejecting a law to curb greenhouse gases. The CO2 law was rejected on Sunday […]
EU politics
Bill Mitchell: A leopard never changes its spots – Jens Weidmann, ECB President aspirant
So Europe is back to its Franco-German rivalry and emerging out of that process is the unthinkable – Bundesbank President, Jens Weidmann – becoming a front-runner to take over the ECB role. He is a […]
Geopolitics
The Cradle: ‘Living hell’: B’Tselem documents systemic torture, rape, and starvation of Palestinians in Israeli prisons
Released prisoners from Gaza described details of their torture, which has become the ‘accepted norm,’ to the Israeli rights group Read Article HERE
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