World media reaction to the UK election | Politics | The Guardian
View image | gettyimages.com This is an excellent, must-read article from the Guardian. Check it out! via World media reaction to the UK election | Politics | The Guardian. This should be read in...
View ArticleBritain can afford to live with high debt ‘forever’, says IMF – Telegraph
This is a must-read article from the Telegraph, citing latest research evidence from the IMF. via Britain can afford to live with high debt ‘forever’, says IMF – Telegraph. It looks like Oliver...
View ArticleEurope has no choice – it has to save Greece – Ambrose Evans-Pritchard –...
View image | gettyimages.com This is an outstanding, must-read article from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, the International Business Editor, published in the Telegraph. Check it out! via Europe has no...
View ArticleBad Faith. Why Real Debt Relief Is Not On The Table For Greece » James K...
View image | gettyimages.com This is a truly remarkable, must-read article from James Galbraith and published in Social Europe. The article targets the real villains and they don’t live in Greece! Bad...
View ArticleEurope is destroying Greece’s economy for no reason at all – The Washington Post
This is an outstanding, must-read article, published in the Washington Post. Check it out! via Europe is destroying Greece’s economy for no reason at all – The Washington Post. This is truly powerful...
View ArticleThe New York Times Urges the Troika to “Make an Example of Greece” – New...
View image | gettyimages.com This is an outstanding, must-read article. Check it out! via The New York Times Urges the Troika to “Make an Example of Greece” – New Economic PerspectivesNew Economic...
View ArticleOpinion – Greece’s proposals to lenders: Full text | News | ekathimerini.com...
Like Dr Alf, I have read the full text of the Greek proposals and agree that they look serious. Raising corporation tax is a counterproductive measure however, which will do nothing to encourage new...
View ArticleOrdoliberalism, Neoliberalism and Economics – Simon Wren-Lewis – Mainly Macro
This is an excellent, short article by leading Oxford economist, Simon Wren-Lewis. Check it out! via mainly macro: Ordoliberalism, Neoliberalism and Economics. Simon comes to the defense of the German...
View ArticleGreece’s Problem Is More Complicated than Austerity – HBR
This is an outstanding article by Michael Jacobides, professor of entrepeneurshship and innovation at London Business School, published by HBR. Greece’s Problem Is More Complicated than Austerity –...
View ArticleOpinion – NHS told to fill only essential vacancies due to ‘almost...
View image | gettyimages.com This is an important article from the left-leaning Guardian newspaper. It’s a must read. via Opinion – NHS told to fill only essential vacancies due to ‘almost...
View ArticleOpinion – NHS told to fill only essential vacancies due to ‘almost...
View image | gettyimages.com Dr Alf makes very telling points but bringing in the IMF will not solve the problem of the UK public finances and the NHS – that’s a political decision. An IMF sponsored...
View ArticleOpinion – Jeb Bush says Paul Wolfowitz is a foreign-policy adviser –...
View image | gettyimages.com The Neocons that Dr Alf writes about have never gone away and the PNAC website that they put together tells anyone who cares to read it which countries are to be “taken...
View ArticleOpinion – The two-cow theory: Capitalism in America, China and around the...
Perhaps the moral of the story which Dr Alf brings us is one which suggests that 2+2 equals 4 not 5 or some other figure. Also that the economic shell game which is being played with Western style...
View ArticlePublic Sector Performance: Catch 22 type Dilemmas – Best Blogs Series
View image | gettyimages.com View image | gettyimages.com This popular blog was first published in 2011. Let me share it again because nothing has really changed with policy-makers and bureaucrats....
View ArticleDoomed: Challenges and solutions to government IT projects | Brookings...
In an article published by international think-tank, Brookings, Niam Yaraghi writes about why government IT projects often fail and what can be done to improve their rate of success. Source: Doomed:...
View ArticleSen. Ted Cruz: The Republican Party’s Surrender Politics – POLITICO Magazine
According to Senator Ted Cruz, Republican leadership responds to every challenge by surrendering at the outset. Source: Sen. Ted Cruz: The Republican Party’s Surrender Politics – POLITICO Magazine...
View ArticleCorruption: The hidden tax on global growth – Agenda – The World Economic Forum
View image | gettyimages.com According to the WEF, discussing the “C word” has long been a sensitive topic at inter-governmental organisations but the IMF hosted a refreshingly frank discussion on the...
View ArticleOpinion – EU expects 3mn migrants by 2017 – EU Observer
View image | gettyimages.com According to the EU Observer, the Commission expects 3 million people to come to Europe by 2017, in its first assessment of the economic costs and benefits of the migrant...
View ArticleBrazil impeachment: Rousseff attacks cabinet for being all-male and all-white...
The BBC reports that Brazil‘s suspended President Rousseff attacks the new government for being entirely made up of white male politicians. Source: Brazil impeachment: Rousseff attacks cabinet for...
View ArticleOpinion – When – if ever – will the real Cameron stand up? – Simon Heffer –...
Embed from Getty Images This is a robust article from Simon Heffer in the Telegraph. It’s worth a read to see the red meat that is being thrown to traditional tory supporters. Source: When – if ever –...
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