New Yorker: How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens

Sometimes a very simple statement can tell you abruptly how a society lies to itself in order to avoid unpleasant contexts. So it is with inflation – and so it is with unemployment. One year […]

“As a corruption scandal rocks the European Parliament, lawmakers and campaign groups say a lack of asset declarations, little reporting on contacts with third countries and barely any sanctions created an environment where rule-breaking could […]

Ín 2014  Portugal’s Central Bank bailed out the Banco Espírito Santo, S.A with 4.4 Billion Euros. Banco Espírito Santo,  was, as so often the case when banks are “saved”, split into a bad bank with all […]