Tories Double Down on Brexit Fantasies as EU Again Says “Nein”
Yet another Groundhog Day in Brexit land…
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“Cash Must Not Be Made the Scapegoat”
The ECB isn’t keen about the war on cash.
Read more...Davos: Alive or Dead?
Politicians and economists are meeting at Davos, but as times change, does neoliberalism retain its cachet?
Read more...Another Brexit Mess: “Grandfathering” Existing Free Trade Agreements Looks Unlikely
Another item on the Brexit problem list: what to do about free trade agreements that will cease to apply to the UK on Brexit day.
Read more...Don Quijones: Bridgewater Bets Big Against Largest Banks in Spain & Italy
World’s largest hedge fund places $13 billion in shorts on Spanish and Italian banks to profit from trouble in Europe.
Read more...Will Upcoming Brexit Negotiation Round Finally Cause Hard Core Brexiter Heads To Explode?
Brexit screeching gets ever louder as it becomes harder to keep reality at bay.
Read more...The EU as Britain’s Constitutional Stabiliser?
More than it thinks, Britain may need EU membership to preserve its national integrity and ancient constitutional settlement.
Read more...UK Consternation Over EU Not Accommodating City of London in Brexit…Just As It Said It Would Not Do
The UK financial services is being told “no” yet again….will the message finally sink in?
Read more...Dutch Police Plan to Take Clothes and Watches from People They Deem to be Dressed Too Well
The Dutch police, claiming to be targeting gangs, has a nasty new asset seizure strategy that sound like it is based on racial profiling.
Read more...UK Political Pressures Rise….Because EU Does Exactly What It Has Been Saying It Would Do on Brexit
When you think the UK has made as much of a mess of Brexit as it possibly can, it manages to do even more.
Read more...Trend Reversal of Old-Age Labour Force Participation in Germany
Why has workforce participation increased among older age groups in Germany? Follow the money.
Read more...Latest Tory Brexit Row: Another Bun Fight or a Cage Match?
More Brexit hissing and spitting from the Tories.
Read more...Mastercard Pushes Biometrics, Banks Follow
Mastercard and other financial services providers are aggressively promoting biometrics. Where are the vaunted EU privacy regulators?
Read more...EU Makes Limited Move on Plastics: Too Little, Too Late?
EU requires recycling plastics packaging by 2030, reducing single-use plastics, and restricting microplastics. Too little, too late?
Read more...Another Brexit Casualty: The Channel Tunnel, aka Eurostar
Why the impact of Brexit on Eurostar will literally be a train wreck.
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