Blogger The General Theorist wonders whether Christine Lagarde’s patchy performance as managing director of the IMF qualifies her for the trickier role of president of the European Central Bank. “The assumption that Lagarde is a like-for-like replacement of Mario Draghi is a huge misreading of her track-record.”
Environment
Constance Dijkstra: Why international shipping needs a global carbon levy AND a global fuel standard
There are a lot of proposals and a lot of noise around the best pathway to zero. But one thing is clear: without a global levy AND a green fuels requirement (GHG Fuel Standard) AND […]
Economics
DeStatis – Germany’s Not So V-Recovery: Production in June 2021: -1.3% on the previous month (Production 6.8% below pre-crisis level)
Germany’s government has everything under control, just like Covid and climate change Read here
Economics
Eurostat: EU international trade in goods deficit grew to €5.9 bn
These numbers will change for the worse due to the radical increase in price of oil and gas. The EU balance showed a €5.9 bn deficit in trade in goods with the rest of the […]
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