debating progressive politics in Europe and beyond
Dean Baker writes a stimulating blog that I recommend consuming regularly. Even seemingly innocuous posts can sometimes lead one to unexpected places. The starting point is Dean gently chiding the New York Times for calling Germany a ‘graveyard for retailers’ because its growth was based on exports and domestic demand was weak. Dean points out [...]
I wrote a brief column for the New York Times last week, which I thought is worth reposting here: The eurozone crisis is yet again coming to a head. Even though the reluctant readiness of the European Central Bank to buy Italian and Spanish bonds has eased the immediate pressure for the time being, there [...]
Today’s papers bring another serving of mind-boggling, blood-curdling and nerve-shuttering news. Two unnamed Yemeni women mailed two brand-new varieties of “highly sophisticated” weapons, this time so skilfully hidden in a computer printer and a printing cartridge that no sophisticated X-ray devices installed on all big and small airports of the planet could have spotted them [...]
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