Category Archives: Europe

Tourism Begins to Recover in Europe, But Is It Just a Dead Cat Bounce?

Warning signs are already flashing that Europe’s reopening to the outside world may be short lived.

Starbucks Launches Reusable Cup Program

Starbucks rolls out a reusable cups initiative in some markets and restarts programs suspended during the pandemic- much more is needed.

West’s Selective Support for Press Freedom: Only in Countries We Don’t Like

Belarus is a bad actor in forcing a passenger jet to land so it could seize a prominent dissident/journalist. But who wrote this playbook?

Michael Hudson on American as Absentee Landlord on The Greyzone: Biden Administration, New Cold War, Super Imperialism, Dollar Weaponization

Michael Hudson discusses geopolitics including currency power plays, global institutions like the IMF, the new Cold War, and Bill Gates

Michel Barnier’s Brexit Diaries Published; Stinging Take of UK Strategic and Negotiating

Barnier’s Brexit diaries confirm the notion that the UK side was not up to the task and didn’t have the self-awareness to recognize that.

Michael Hudson Q&A in Webinar on 4000 Years of Money and Debt

The Q&A from a Michael Hudson talk on money, debt, and economic orthodoxy.

EU Proposes Opening to Fully Vaccinated Non-Essential Travelers; The Catch: Proving Vaccine Status

The fully-vaccinated may soon be able to visit the EU for non-essential travel. The catch: proving one’s vaccine status.

Biden’s Appeasement of Hawks and Neocons Is Crippling His Diplomacy

Is Biden’s high testosterone foreign policy a feature or a bug?

Ilargi: Ukraine Warheads

The US seems to be back in its “Fuck the EU” and frankly the American people mode over Ukraine.

The Coronavirus Crisis Within the Economy Is Far From Over – Because Reopening Creates a Whole New Type of Risk

Whither the post-Covid economy, assuming a “post-Covid”? The answer depends at least in part on where you sit.

Softer Monetary Policy Increases Inequality

Quelle suprise! Asset-goosing loose monetary policy helps the rich more than the poor even in egalitarian Denmark.

Latest Filings in Devastating Lawsuit Against Bank of America, Credit Suisse, and Bayer Board Members and Executives Over Disastrous Monsanto Acquisition

More artful lawyering in the derivative case against Bayer management, its board and financial advisers over the disastrous Monsanto purchase

Only Multilateral Cooperation Can Stop Harmful Tax Competition

International tax reform, to check multinational tax avoidance, has made perilously little progress. Will Yellen’s backing make a difference?

The ‘Roaring Twenties’ and Covid Recovery: Revisiting the Evidence for Europe

Are the Roaring Twenties an analogue for what a post Covid economy would look like?

Preparing for a Wave of Non-Performing Loans: Are Banks at Risk?

On a aggregate basis, EU banks appear to have enough capital to weather even a bad Covid storm. A country-by-country look tells another story.