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I am working on a paper about greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Europe (hopefully there will be a post after Easter), so I suppose that colours the way I see this interesting chart posted by The Economist. I really think the EU should take emissions-reduction seriously (indeed that is the point of my piece). We [...]
Reading The Economist – which I confess to doing regularly – tends to arouse various emotions. Anger at a particularly galling misrepresentation of what I see as reality (e.g. trade unions, government, Europe). Resentment at the ability to change positions without confessing to past mistakes (e.g. Iraq, climate change, financial liberalisation). Powerlessness when I think [...]
The financial world has been rocked – just as it appeared to be recovering its poise – by the news that the US financial market regulator, the SEC, has accused Goldman Sachs, the most masterful of Wall Street’s masters of the universe, of fraud. Investigations into Goldman are being launched in Britain, Germany and other [...]
I am making a bit of a habit now of writing the ‘News behind the News’ in reaction to articles in the mainstream media. Here comes another one! The current issue of the Economist includes an article on Germany’s unbalanced economy. The article contains several good points but leaves some other crucial connections unmentioned. Apart [...]
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