EU video: Europe, from war to peace
Nicodin Bogdan on G+: “A very powerful propaganda film from the +European Commission” By not telling young people – each new generation – how terrible our past had been and what toll we have paid for […]
Economy
Guardian: Journey to the heart of the house price bubble
Story in the Guardian: Journey to the heart of the house price bubble on the fast increase of house price rises in London, making most properties, including the really inferior ones, unaffordable for the middle class. Who […]
Comment l’UE peut-elle aider à combattre le chômage des jeunes en Europe ?
https://plus.google.com/101787293482908409528/posts/hMTVbGy3aDJ A mon avis: 1. Réduire la bureaucratie, à tous les niveaux – cela emploie quelques bureaucrates mais rend la vie impossible à toute la population, surtout pour les jeunes, qui n’ont pas l’expérience et […]
FT: Microsoft and Nokia: key questions
Microsoft and Nokia: key questions Microsoft and Nokia have a lot in common: they both had their respective markets to themselves, and they both managed to be cut down to size by the competition. And […]
The Economist: Islam, democracy and soldiers Egypt’s tragedy
Some rulers think that a mandate to govern has to include the opposition, whatever the size of the majority. Others believe that winner takes all: once they are given a mandate, they can do as […]
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 […]
Cameron announces in-or-out EU referendum
The only way to be in the driver seat in business or in an alliance is to be at the front, participating actively, not dragging your heels. An in or out vote is a good […]
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 […]
Gad Lerner: L’ombra nazista sulla Grecia
Gad Lerner: L’ombra nazista sulla Grecia Si é sempre colpa di qualcun altro. Che sia l’Europa, gli stranieri, il capitale – sempre lo stesso discorso. Il fatto che i greci – ricchi e poveri – […]
Joseph E. Stiglitz: Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%
I find it difficult to summarise Stiglitz’s piece in Vanity Fair, May 2011, simply because I think that he makes his point so clearly, in as few words as possible, that I couldn’t put it […]
ZDNet The Apple Core: Why Apple gadgets can’t be made in the U.S.
Jason D. O’Grady writes on ZDNet Why Apple gadgets can’t be made in the U.S.: “During Thursday night’s debate in South Carolina CNN host and moderator John King asked the four remaining GOP candidates their opinions about […]