The Great Italian Money Experiment
Italy has taken a step towards issuing a new currency in the form of tax credits. Will it make it more money-like by making it more tradable?
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Catalonia: Puigdemont Promises Secession in Days as King Censures Officials Acting Outside the Law
Gaming out possible moves by Spain if Catalonia proceeds with its secession plan.
Read more...Catalonia Blinks in Secession Staredown
Despite staging large-scale protests on Monday, Catalonia just revealed it is holding a weak set of cards in it secession efforts.
Read more...Standoff in Catalonia
Short term, Catalonia and Madrid are at loggerheads. The next phase is likely an escalation of violence as neither side backs down. ,
Read more...Crackdown in Catalonia
The government in Madrid takes even more aggressive moves to shut down an independence referendum in Catalonia already deemed to be illegal.
Read more...Employment in Europe and the US: Debunking the Story of EU Weakness and US Strength
Why the EU has done better on job creation than generally recognized, while US employment is exaggerated.
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: Schäuble Leaves but Schäuble-ism Lives On
Wolfgang Schäuble’s legacy as German finance minister lives on, and not in a good way.
Read more...Wall Street and City of London Getting Nervous About Catalonia
Yves here. Neither side appears willing to back down in the battle of wills over the Catalonia independence vote set for this Sunday, October 1. The English language press has described how the Spanish government has declared the election to be illegal and Mariano Rajoy’s government has moved to try to shut it down, for […]
Read more...Don Quijones: It Gets Ugly in Catalonia
Madrid’s crackdown is increasing support for independence in Catalonia among those who previously had little interest in such an outcome.
Read more...Brexit Denialism: The Customs/Border Problem and the Curious Case of the Pallets
A case study of how basic, critically important Brexit issues like customs are being ignored by the Government, to the peril of the public.
Read more...Catalonia’s Defiance of Spanish Authority Turns into Rebellion
Catalonia and the Spanish government are in a power struggle, with Madrid moving to strip Catalonia of its autonomy. What are the stakes?
Read more...Brexit Talks Stall, Making Hard Brexit Even More Likely
The Brexit talks went from bad to worse in August.
Read more...Europe’s Globalists Tackle the Immigration Class War
As immigration becomes a political flash point, even hard core neoliberals like Emmanuel Macron are advocating restrictions.
Read more...Don Quijones: ECB Tightens Noose Around Bank Accounts
ECB moves to lock up the money of unsuspecting depositors to prop up collapsing banks.
Read more...Brexit Makes Labour Exploitation More Likely in the UK
Negotiations on a future Brexit deal have barely started, yet EU workers across the UK are already finding themselves more vulnerable.
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