Room at the Top
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It was Hiroshima mon amour, regarded as the instigator of the French new wave, last Sunday, and tonight, five days later, we watched Room at the Top, similarly regarded as the instigator of the British new wave. France, in the form of the gre...
Spain's 90s greed is at the root of its banking crisis | Robert Tornabell
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A collective madness over property speculation made us poor and jeopardised our future. Spain must secure a partial bailoutSpain's banking crisis did not come out of the blue. In the 1990s the Spanish suffered a bout of collective madness. Interest r...
Pinleyen, anayasa yazan, tanıtım filmi çeken @bilgi_pr #pub204 öğrencileri şimdi kolektif hikaye yazıyor:
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TweetShare via email PUB 204 dersi finalinin son sorusu kolektif dijital hikaye yazımı denemesi olacak. 1. Bilgi PR Facebook sayfasında ilk cümleyi bulacaksınız. Sorunun özü bu ilk cümleye sürekli yeni cümleler ekleyerek bir hikaye üretme...
CNN’s Hosts: Off with Their Heads!
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Hitting record-low ratings among total viewers and in the 25-54 age demographic, CNN had its overall lowest-rated month in April 2012 since August 2001. In May 2012, the network hit a 20-year low for total viewers during primetime viewing. Something...
Spain could request bank bailout this weekend
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While we were watching the football, our colleagues Peter Spiegel and Victor Mallet reported earlier this afternoon:Spain could request bailout aid for its struggling banks as early as Saturday,...
Improving category issue bloggingportal.eu (technical stuff)
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Dear Ron Patz & others,It was observed here that many blog entries which are added to your excellent website are actually lacking a category. Some do however have such a category/label. So it is assumed here that the editor on duty is assigning a...
The economics of EURO 2012
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No, we’re not talking about stuff like this…… but this, from SocGen:– Boom in Polish InfrastructureIt is commonly believed that Poland managed...
Stitch up unstitched—updated (again)
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IN RESPONSE to our blog post about the impact of a BBC Panorama documentary on the Euro 2012 football championship, which starts today, the BBC responded to allegations from a Jewish source that they had misrepresented him. (See end of...
Winston Churchill: father of the Anglosphere
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In many conservative circles, particularly in the United States, Winston Churchill is beyond criticism. Mention his errors – the Gallipoli debacle, the return to gold at the pre-1914 rate, the contracting out of domestic policy to the Left afte...
Obama Betrays 2008 Voters: Backroom Deal with Drug Companies
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While campaigning for the U.S. presidency in 2008, Barak Obama decried the greedy Republican lawmakers acting at the behest of the drug companies to keep drug prices artificially high. A year later, those same drug companies wanted Obama to op...
[AV's Incomplete Guide to Internships] A little perspective
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It has come to FT Alphaville’s attention that the NYMag is admirably trying to completely prepare the latest crop of would-be bankers for their summer sojourn as interns....
Follow the French elections on Google
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After electing a new President in May, French citizens head to the polls again on Sunday for Parliamentary elections. Over 6,000 candidates are competing to win just 577 seats in the Parliament. It promises to be an exciting contest and, as with the...
Cameron’s confusing approach to the eurocrisis
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Good points raised by the eurosceptic organisation Open Europe’s blog today about the British government’s rather bizarre, contradictory attitude(s?) towards the eurocrisis: “A German-led superstate still seems years off – if...
All eyes on Angela
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These have been anxious times here in Europe, but this month tensions have risen to a whole new level. The world may be just weeks away from financial collapse. There is an increasing consensus that there is only one person who can prevent the catast...
The Chinese Real Estate Bubble – National Accounts, Balance Sheet and (some) Evidence
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I know that this is completely outside of the purview of this website. The only argument I can offer is that if and when China cools down it matters to everyone and thus, assuming that there’s no fallacy of division, … Continue reading →...
The other fiscal cliff issu(-ance)
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Most of the fear of what might happen if the US goes over the proverbial fiscal cliff has concentrated on the size of the economic drag it would produce.But as you might have...
Friday fantasies
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SX appeal. Only two days ago this Kat was making his feelings known about small, exotic islands. Well, here's another one, Sint Maarten -- a small Caribbean island with a potentially “big” top-level domain (TLD), ".SX". Those who are illiterate...
In conversation with Rob Johnson (INET Chairman) on the Global Minotaur, the Slump, US and Europe
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A few weeks ago, while in New York, Rob Johnson (Chair of the Institute of New Economic Thinking) invited me to their offices where we recorded a conversation on my The Global Minotaur, the true causes of the Crash of 2008, the reasons why the global...
In conversation with Rob Johnson (INET Chairman) on the Global Minotaur, the Slump, US and Europe
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A few weeks ago, while in New York, Rob Johnson (Chair of the Institute of New Economic Thinking) invited me to their offices where we recorded a conversation on my The Global Minotaur, the true causes of the Crash of 2008, the reasons why the global...
Embattled Jubilee stewards boss calls in Princess Diana’s lawyers
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Embattled Jubilee stewards boss Molly Prince is trying to save her taxpayer-funded business empire by calling in the priciest media and legal assistance going — including Princess Diana’s lawyers. Scrapbook understands Publicist Max Cli...
France: Women’s rights and the return of the Left
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Socialist Prime Minister Ayrault’s government marks the return of the Ministry for Women’s Rights in France. Will this improve gender equality? Marie-Pierre Martinet, secretary general of the French Movement for Family Planning, a “very demand...
Spanish bank bailout unlikely to succeed
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It has been abundantly clear that Spain would need a bailout for its sick banking system, and rumours have emerged that this could happen as early as this weekend. I doubt that the details of a plan will be agreed so soon as an independent stress tes...
Spanish bank bailout unlikely to succeed
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It has been abundantly clear that Spain would need a bailout for its sick banking system, and rumours have emerged that this could happen as early as this weekend. I doubt that the details of a plan will be agreed so soon as an independent stress tes...
Referendum confusion: Is Cameron protecting Britain from British plans for a eurozone superstate?
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The eurozone crisis alone is complicated enough. Add in UK domestic politics and calls for a referendum on EU membership, and this stuff becomes maddening. Today's Europe coverage in the UK press was a wonderful cocktail of a euro Armageddon, EU-UK r...
Seven Days In Europe
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The Fitch ratings agency has downgraded Spain to close to bail-out territory due to its banking troubles, uncertainty surrounding Greece and “policy missteps at European level.” Fitch cut the Spanish rating by three notches to “BBB,...
Hungary’s Flat Personal Income Tax Still Under Fire
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Economists and international organizations continuously criticize the flat personal income tax scheme introduced by the Hungarian government last year, but Prime Minister Viktor Orban seems determined to stick with it, potentially thwarting a financi...
