A Radical Critique of Universal Basic Income CHARLES HUGH SMITH Readers have been asking me what I thought of Universal Basic Income (UBI) as the solution to the systemic problem of jobs being replaced by […]
Iceland’s New Government Has Cunning Plan Of Tapping Banks To Boost Growth, Improve Infrastructure TYLER DURDEN We like Iceland, we’ve never been there, but that doesn’t matter. Besides the outstanding natural beauty, Iceland, unlike the […]
Paris – the financial capital of West and Central Africa Once France was one of “the great powers”, dominating Europe and parts of the world in terms of culture and economy. The country’s demise started […]
The Problem Isn’t Populism: the Problem Is the Status Quo Has Failed CHARLES HUGH SMITH The top 5% who have benefited so immensely from the consolidation of wealth and power cannot confess the status quo […]
Geoblocking Prevalent For EU’s Online Shoppers TYLER DURDEN This week, the European Union agreed to end unjustified geoblocking after a late-night session. This relates to geoblocking the online trading of goods and services. As Statista’s Niall McCarthy […]
Is the European Commission preparing a new privatisation push? CORPORATE EUROPE OBSERVATORY Concerns have been aroused that a new wave of privatisation could be prepared after the European Commission asked KPMG to study the “operational […]
ECB Proposes End To Deposit Protection TYLER DURDEN Submitted by GoldCore It is the ‘opinion of the European Central Bank‘ that the deposit protection scheme is no longer necessary: ‘covered deposits and claims under investor […]
Venezuela Signs $3.2 Billion Debt Restructuring Deal With Russia TYLER DURDEN As Venezuela teeters right on the brink of complete financial collapse, Bloomberg reports that Russia has agreed to restructure roughly $3.2 billion in outstanding […]
Now they take even the homes from Greeks! The crimes of IMF, Germany and EU DEFEND DEMOCRACY PRESS European officials have given the government an ultimatum to proceed with electronic foreclosures on homes later in […]
Four things the Paradise Papers tell us about global business and political elites RONEN PALAN Disclosure statement Ronen Palan, Professor of International Politics, City, University of London, received funding from NORAD to study tax evasion and […]
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