Learning From Obama|NYT
The president has had a lot of success addressing America’s problems, which may surprise many on the left and the right. Source: Learning From Obama
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Casper Ravnsted-Larsen: Cyprus can be an omen of a divided EU
Casper Ravnsted-Larsen posted North and South: Cyprus can be an omen of a divided EU on Google Plus. My take on the subject: For a start, study languages and travel – that’s where Erasmus should […]
Economist: Bonuses redux Contra cap
The Economist’s Schumpeter says that the British government and the EU should not cap bankers’ bonuses: http://www.economist.com/node/21573008 It’s not about flexibility and bankers’ bonuses: it’s about organizations and people who hold the whole economy hostage and […]
The financial industry is like a parasite
From the moment the financial industry is not used to gather capitals to finance productive activities, it is just a totally sterile activity. Its only purpose being the manipulation of money and payment of profits […]
Economist: Save the City
In the leader Save the City, the Economist (1 January 2012) comes to the defence of the City, London’s financial market, decrying that “Britain is the home of the world’s capital of capital but no longer prizes […]
Harry Potter economy
You need jobs and a strong economy first, before you can pay off debts and reduce the deficit. Depression is not the time to set money aside, where is it supposed to come from? The […]
The Economist on Joseph Stiglitz’s The Book of Jobs
The Economist blog Free Exchange: Lessons of the 1930s comments on Joseph Stiglitz’s The Book of Jobs in Vanity Fair. Here is my comment: Interesting that the author has found issue with some of the technical aspects of Stiglitz’s […]