Deutsche Bank Throws in the Towel, Announces Restructuring into Bad Bank/Good Bank, Firing of 18,000
The beginning of an end for Deutsche Bank.
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Mobility and the Desire for Sovereignity in Europe
Lack of geographic mobiliity is a major culprit in the rise of nationalism.
Read more...One Hundred Years After World War I, Are We Heading Back to the Abyss?
The odds of a major war, even one that could fracture the world order, appear uncomfortably high.
Read more...Brexit Radicals
Looking for cheery news on Brexit? You’ll have to look awfully hard.
Read more...Brexit: Sleepwalking
The Brexit zombie lurches forward.
Read more...How Italy Could Save the Euro
Italy is again threatening the Euro via a plan to introduce a parallel currency, the mini-BOT. Will this idea finally push the Eurozone to make overdue reforms?
Read more...Bad Loans Still Too High at Eurozone Banks, ECB Warns
The ECB is concerned that the latest fix for bad loans still leaves banks in a weakened state.
Read more...Take the (Night) Train
It may not be possible to take the A Train anymore, but eschewing airplanes for trains, when possible, mitigates travel’s climate change impact.
Read more...Brexit Dithering
The Bexit noise to signal ratio continues to be awfully high thanks to the Tory leadership contest.
Read more...Is Theresa May Finally Over?
Is the bell finally tolling for Theresa May?
Read more...Brexit: Stuck
Nearly a month into the EU’s Brexit extension and no progress.
Read more...Brexit’s Disaster Socialism
Why disaser socialism looks as dodgy as neoliberalism’s shock doctrine.
Read more...Bill Black: Faked Emissions May Send Volkswagen CEO to Prison
In this Real News Network interview, Bill Black examines the VW emissions scandal and discusses how corruption has become endemic in corporate Germany, and why the SEC and DoJ are targeting VW.
Read more...Festering Brexit
Even though the Good Friday/Easter weekend is coming up and Brexit matters are thus in low gear, the UK still seems stuck in its pattern of confusing motion with progress. A short list of updates: Labour-Tory talks still going nowhere. I’m not sure it would be progress even if the negotiations were going somewhere, since […]
Read more...How Britain Unified Germany: Endogenous Trade costs and the Formation of a Customs Union
British policy led to the formation of Europe’s first customs union (the Zollverein) and prepared the political unification of Germany.
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