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Category Archives: Europe
Cable cars: theory v. praxis
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Posted in Economics, Europe, UK, USA
Tagged Dan Akerson, Ellesmere Port, General Motors, Vince Cable
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Voting till they get it right
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 28 February 2012 Ireland to hold referendum on European fiscal pact The news broke this … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, Germany, Ireland, Politics, UK
Tagged fiscal pact, Máire Whelan, referendum
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Eurozone desperate to avoid plebiscite
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Posted in Economics, Europe, Germany, Ireland, Politics
Tagged Dáil, eurozone, fiscal compact, referendum, Taoiseach
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Germany gets a new Land – Griechenland
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 21 February 2012 GREEK PRIME MINISTER “VERY HAPPY” AT BEING HUMILIATED Until last night Germany … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Europe, Finland, Germany, Greece, Netherlands
Tagged bail-out, de Jager, dead donkey, Evzones, Länder, Papademos
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Anyone for Baden-Baden?
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Posted in Economics, Europe, Germany, Greece, Politics
Tagged Baden-Baden, Karolos Papoulias, Wolfgang Schäuble
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Cimon retaliates, Ephialtes murdered
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 19 February 2012 DEMOCRACY ABOLISHED IN GREECE Democracy has been officially abolished in Greece, the cradle … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, Germany, Greece, Literature, Politics, USA
Tagged Areopagus, Boule, Cimon, Ephialtes, Milton, New Democracy, Pasok, Wordsworth
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Playing with Greek fire
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Posted in Economics, Europe, Germany, Greece, Literature, Politics
Tagged Boule, Byron, Francisco Franco, New Democracy, no pasarán, Pasok
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Что делать? What is to be done? (Part 2)
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DAS VIERTE REICH / THE FOURTH REICH
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Posted in Europe, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain
Tagged austerity, ECB, EU, fiscal compact, Fourth Reich, growth, IMF
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The shoddiest possible goods at the highest possible prices
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Posted in Economics, Europe, Politics, UK, UN, USA
Tagged caveat emptor, free market, Marx, rotten apples, Schumacher, Thatcher
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