Europe’s new right sounds like the old left – FT.com
One day in 2008, a friend called to tell me that he thought the world might be coming to an end. He was not a religious fanatic; he worked in markets. Lehman Brothers had just […]
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Russia-Greece: Caught in the web of the Russian ideologues | ZEIT ONLINE
Powerful Russians want to drive a wedge into the EU and are fighting for Moscow’s dominance. Confidential emails reveal how they are influencing the Greek government. Source: Russia-Greece: Caught in the web of the Russian […]
LA Times: Big Oil braced for global warming while it fought regulations
As major oil companies fought efforts to address climate change, they were quietly safeguarding their own billion-dollar infrastructure from rising seas and warming temperatures. Source: Big Oil braced for global warming while it fought regulations […]
Fighting Climate Change With One of the World’s Largest Solar Power Plants
A detour past a bridge in Nevada led Jamey Stillings to his latest project, a sleek and sprawling solar energy plant, the kind that will be crucial in averting the effects of climate change. Source: […]
The Trans-Pacific Free-Trade Charade by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Adam S. Hersh – Project Syndicate
As negotiators and ministers from the US and 11 other Pacific Rim countries meet in Atlanta in an effort to finalize the details of the sweeping new Trans-Pacific Partnership, some sober analysis is warranted. The […]
Was the Greek finance minister pretending to be mad?|BBC News
The analysis is actually very good. Varoufakis – and Syriza with him -grossly miscalculated their nuisance power and lost big time, making the whole deal a lot worse and more protracted than required initially. They […]
Riche et puissante, l’Église grecque échappe à l’austérité
Entretenue par l’État, l’Église refuse d’être taxée sur ses propriétés. Le torchon brûle avec le gouvernement. Source: Riche et puissante, l’Église grecque échappe à l’austérité
Ignacio Sotelo: La gran catástrofe griega
Es difícil imaginar un Gobierno tan destructor para su pueblo como el de Atenas Source: La gran catástrofe griega
Espagne. A Benidorm, vive le tourisme de masse ! | Courrier international
La beauté de ses gratte-ciel, son ambiance de fête qui ne tourne jamais au vinaigre… Il faut arrêter de dénigrer les Britanniques de la classe moyenne qui y passent leurs vacances, explique le journal londonien […]
Europe Versus Gazprom by Nina L. Khrushcheva – Project Syndicate
Nikita Khrushchev’s grand-daughter (and great-grand-daughter, as the former Soviet leader adopted his son’s daughter and Nina’s mother…) on the EU demanding that Russia’s Gazprom respect competition rules, heading for a clash with Putin’s Russia. For years, […]
Krugman: Being Bad Europeans – NYTimes.com
David Krugman: Being Bad Europeans – NYTimes.com One of the fathers of the euro, Romano Prodi, says clearly that the euro was only a step towards further political integration. The fact that the process was frozen […]
Debating Europe: Why do 58% of Europeans prefer to work as employees rather than start their own business?
Debating Europe raises the issue: “A majority of Europeans (58%) would prefer to work as an employee rather than risk starting their own business. This contrasts starkly with attitudes in the United States, where a majority (51%) say they […]