‘Despite its importance both the US Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have thus far given no position on the TISA Agreement.’ JON QUEALLY Even as it continued to post new batches of emails […]
BRANDON SMITH Those people who have any doubts about where the narrative is headed for global economic stability simply have not been paying attention lately. As I pointed out in my pre-Brexit referendum article, “Brexit: […]
ESZTER ZALAN Belgium’s Wallonia region will block the federal government from signing the Canada-EU free trade accord, after a vote in the regional assembly on Friday (14 October) against approving the agreement. “I will not […]
RT French President Francois Hollande has criticized Washington for imposing multibillion dollar fines on major European companies while shielding American firms. “When the Commission goes after Google or digital giants which do not pay the […]
Steve Byas “The backlash against globalization is manifesting itself in increased nationalistic sentiment, against the outside world and in favor of increasing isolation.” This was the lament of Louis Kuijs, a former official with the […]
RT The current policy of “saber rattling” should not continue, Erwin Sellering, the prime minister of the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, told Germany’s weekly Welt am Sonntag newspaper, as he called for lifting anti-Russian […]
Since its 2008 crisis, Iceland has received recognition for its strategy of prosecuting executives, letting banks go bust, and focusing on social welfare Nadia Prupis Iceland, which became a gold standard for corporate accountability in […]
NOBEL Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz predicts Italy will be the first of a slew of countries leaving the eurozone in the next few years as he blames the financial crisis on the EU, the euro […]
MICHAEL HUDSON James Galbraith’s articles and interviews collected in his book Welcome to the Poisoned Chalice trace his growing exasperation at the “troika” – the European Central Bank (ECB), IMF and EU bureaucracy – which […]
MIKE WHITNEY Here’s your economics quiz for the day: Question 1– What do you think would happen if you put $3 trillion into the financial system? a–Stock prices would rise b–Stock prices would fall c–Stock […]
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