No banking scandals without the participation of Deutsche Bank. This one is massive and the German national government is doing all it can – as is also the case in Volkswagen´s diesel cheating – to avoid any major consequences for the bank.
Austerity
Thomas Piketty: Social-nativism, the Italian nightmare
Piketty brings together two simple phenomena: a neo-liberal EU resulting in a neo-liberal/far-right success – in this case in Italy. Read here
Energy
Gizmodo: China Considers Ban on Cryptocurrency Mining Because It’s a Stupid Waste of Energy
No one talks about the environmental impact of e-technology, e-finance, and e-commerce. Also see our article here concerning music streaming. Read here
EU politics
France24: French strike against pension reform continues for a second day
Travellers faced a second day of chaos across France on Friday as unions pressed on with a strike aimed at forcing President Emmanuel Macron to abandon pension reforms that brought nearly a million people onto […]
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