The Euro at 20: An Enduring Success but a Fundamental Failure
The euro will stumble forward. No one will be happy with its operation. Equally, no one will leave.
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Brexit: Circling the Drain
The latest chapter in the Brexit shaggy dog story.
Read more...Advertising Trade Association Presses for Federal Data Privacy Regulation
Advertising trade group calls for federal data privac regulationy, in an obvious attempt bet that Washington won’t toughen standards nearly as much as California has done and other states are also considering.
Read more...Don Quijones: Retail Melts Down Before Christmas in the UK, Spreads to Continent
After “the worst-on-record unbelievably bad” November, even e-commerce gets hit, not just brick & mortar, on fears Christmas sales could be terrible. Can we make out any a silver lining in this retail meltdown, signs of a shift necessary away from fast fashion toward a more sustainable future?
Read more...Brexit: “Managed No Deal” and Referendum Unicorns Dispatched, but How Long Before Anyone Notices?
More seemingly bad news for the UK on the Brexit front…save none of this should come as news.
Read more...The UK’s Reform of Limited Partnership Law: Dead on Arrival (I)
Scottish Limited Partnerships and International Crime: NO evidence??
Read more...Brexit: Unicorns Rampant
The UK continues to flail about as the Brexit clock keeps ticking.
Read more...Brexit: Endgame
As the Brexit clock is running down, so too are the available plays.
Read more...Yellow Fever in France
Almost everyone agrees on the analysis of what caused the yellow jacket movement: the growth of inequalities, the marginalization of certain regions and social categories, austerity and neoliberal politics. Then accounts diverge.
Read more...Brexit: All About May
Why May oddly matters even more than before.
Read more...France’s Macron Makes Concessions While ‘Yellow Vest’ Protests Continue
Some background on the demands the gilets jaunes are presenting to French president Macron.
Read more...Brexit: May’s Handbag
Big Brexit events of the week are underway, starting with the ECJ ruling on unilateral reversal of an Article 50 notice.
Read more...Brexit: Corbyn’s Cakeism; Norway Rejects “Norway”
More Brexit follies.
Read more...Brexit: More Unicorns
The Brexit situation has developed not necessarily to the advantage of Theresa May.
Read more...Brexit: May Bloodied but Not Yet Bowed
Theresa May continues to exhibit her remarkable capacity for taking punishment. Too bad it’s not for good ends.
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