Deregulation
Loren Balhorn: Order Prevails
A look at the municipal politics of Berlin, where hopes have been dashed that a referendum win in 2021 would bring a breakthrough on the rent problem. Read the article HERE.
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Economics
DeStatis – Germany: Building permits issued for dwellings in January 2023: -26.0% on the same month a year earlier
How you create a recession. Read Here
National Politics
Chris Hedges: The Lords of Chaos
The politicians and shills in the media who orchestrated 20 years of military debacles in the Middle East, and who seek a world dominated by U.S. power, must be held accountable for their crimes. Read […]
Economics
L. Randall Wray, Stephanie Kelton: Magical Monetary Thinking at the Fed Killed SVB
An historical review of Federal Reserve Policy since WWII Read HERE
Climate Crisis
Politico: Dutch pro-farmers party wins big in provincial elections
Result calls into question premier Mark Rutte’s ability to implement harsh policies to cut nitrogen emissions from farms. Read HERE
Economics
Eurostat: Annual EU inflation at 9.9% in February
The annual inflation rate in the EU dropped 0.1% to 9.9%. Eleven EU nations still have an inflation rate in double digits. Read Here
EU politics
Wolfgang Streeck: Germans to the Front
According to Hofstadter’s Law, obviously a descendent of Murphy’s Law, ‘everything takes longer than you think’. Last year the first to get acquainted with it in a big way was the Russian warlord, Putin, who […]
Fake News
Adam Bienkov: Leaked Whatsapps Destroy the BBC’s Impartiality Myth
Lies, Damned Lies, Mainstream Media. Although they try to portray themselves as more objective than corporate media, state media is there to represent the interests of those whose interests the state is representing – the […]
Economics
Shaun Richards: The ECB is learning the hard way that precommitting on interest-rates is a mistake
A look at today’s 0.5% interest increase by the ECB and its consequences Read HERE
Economics
Amir Hernandez – On Adam Tooze: A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
‘Tooze, as a Keynesian, defends the legitimacy of the scientific elite that ultimately owns his allegiance; Marx calls it into question.’ Read HERE