Brexit: The Crisis Begins
The Brexit vote was a stunning repudiation of neoliberalism and austerity. But what comes next?
Read more...The Brexit vote was a stunning repudiation of neoliberalism and austerity. But what comes next?
Read more...Even those economists that think Brexit is a disastrous idea differ on how severe the downside would be.
Read more...A catalogue of recent US moves to goad Russia.
Read more...Is Nigel Farage’s wealth offshore? Is that why he’s so calm about Brexit?
Read more...An update on the labor protests in France.
Read more...A British MP, Jo Cox, is dead in a presumed politically-driven murder.
Read more...Germany is determined to teach the UK a costly lesson if it dares to defy its hegemony via a Brexit.
Read more...Spain demonstrates some of the costs and dislocations created by negative interest rate policies.
Read more...The ruling classes in the UK will be highly motivated to try to get the Brexit genie back in the bottle.
Read more...Also, a Russian squillionaire and Irish accountants!
Read more...Investors got a big dose of bad news about the economy and geopolitics and reacted accordingly.
Read more...Banks have had it with negative interest rates and are starting to push back.
Read more...Economists bemoan the lack of aggressive fiscal spending after the crisis. Funny how few of them were willing to advocate it when it mattered.
Read more...The true destructiveness of neoliberalism is becoming more and more apparent.
Read more...Only small fry get whacked for being tax havens. The big boys get their waivers.
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