Tom Luongo: Even the European Union Are a Bunch of Karens — Barnier Complains about Brexit Negotiations
"... everyone may ... get ... those funny ideas the Brits had in 2016."
25 April 2020 - 21:02
Tom Luongo: Merkel Survives the Coronapocalypse, but the European Union Won’t
"Thanks to Merkel holding the line on debt mutualization and EU fiscal integration ... CDU is now polling at levels it hasn’t enjoyed since before the last general election in 2017."
21 April 2020 - 16:48
Tom Luongo: Who’s Next to Fail in the Post-COVID World?
"COVID-19 has cratered the global economy exposing the internal rot within our hyper-financialized global economy as nothing more than a pyramid of Ponzi schemes…"
31 March 2020 - 13:48
John Keiger: France, Germany and the Corona Debt
"The French lockdown ... is an economic bombshell. French debt, before Covid-19, was running at over 100% GDP..."
28 March 2020 - 07:48
Tom Luongo: The Real Crisis Starts Now in Europe
"Old enmities and prejudices have not been stamped out under the boot heel of oppressive legislation coming from a bunch of disconnected technocrats in Brussels. They have only been suppressed."
16 March 2020 - 16:48
The Entire Western World Is Starting to Shut Down as Authorities Brace for “Millions” of Coronavirus Cases
"German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that up to 70% of the country’s population – some 58 million people – could contract the coronavirus."
12 March 2020 - 07:48
Pipelines Produce Peace and Prosperity; So Why Oppose Them?
Nordstream 2 is "a logical development stemming from the facts that Russia wants to provide gas and Germany wants to buy it, which led to a mutually acceptable agreement and commitment of many billions of dollars, largely by the firms Uniper and Wintershall of Germany, Royal Dutch Shell, Austria’s OMV and Engie of France in association with Russia’s Gazprom — an impressive example of European pragmatism."
28 February 2020 - 04:48
Tom Luongo: Has Erdogan Finally Lost His Center?
"At the end of the day, neither Russia nor the U.S. would be sad to see him leave the political stage. And Erdogan’s latest forays have him critically over-extended after years of craftily manipulating events to his advantage."
26 February 2020 - 16:48
Bill Blain: They’d None of Them Be Missed!
"A No Sh*t Sherlock award is winging its way to Goldman for spotting the market is underestimating the economic effects of the Coronavirus and something of a speculative bubble in stocks has developed."
21 February 2020 - 16:47
Tom Luongo: What Happens in Thuringia, Won’t Stay in Thuringia
"The center has completely collapsed in Germany..."
19 February 2020 - 13:48
Thuringia – Patient Zero for Germany’s Revolution?
"Poor economic conditions in the eastern states is driving conservative Germans to AfD."
8 February 2020 - 10:48