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Has the EU come to it’s final crisis point? Mr. Rachman’s exercise in political melodrama makes the argument that it is a real possibility, no matter the actions of it’s partners. Such political fatalism is tantamount to nihilism. Coming from … Continue reading →

Mr. Luce’s column reminds me of the essays that George F. Will writes in Republican primary season: he gives his seal of approval to each candidate, in turn. With a quick precis of the positions of each candidate that meet … Continue reading →

“Larry Summers takes the view that both sides need to offer each other “political concessions” to reach a deal to avert the worst. Thus, he says the Greeks should concede on these pension, VAT, and wage issues to give Mrs … Continue reading →

Regarding your essay: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/06/20/everything-you-need-to-know-about-why-greece-might-leave-the-euro/ Call this wise cracking merde about a serious subject! Or call it a breezy, mocking political travelogue: didn’t Milton Friedman say I can look with equanimity on the misfortunes of others? The Financial Times has done … Continue reading →

On the question of the IMF, we have an answer from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Headline: IMF has betrayed its mission in Greece, captive to EMU creditors Sub-headline: The IMF’s Original Sin in Greece was to let Dominique Strauss-Kahn hijack the institution … Continue reading →

Headline: ‘Time to concede with honour and end crisis’ Sub-headline: ‘Grexit is a soluble problem merely cloaked in an aura of impossibility’ The Greeks have the temerity to challenge the neo-liberal rationalism of Austerity and to declare that they wish … Continue reading →

Lawrence Summers tells us on May 17,2015 that ‘Reform-minded Ukraine merits debt reduction’ http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/ff3634fc-fa44-11e4-a41c-00144feab7de.html#axzz3cwwSYOV5 Before this on January 26, 2015 the FT publishes this ‘News story’ titled ‘IMF pressed to increase lending to Ukraine’ http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/26cbe0b2-a413-11e4-b01e-00144feab7de.html#axzz3cwwSYOV5 Again we read this ‘News … Continue reading →

Here is the crux of the matter according to Lexington on ‘Obama’s agenda in the balance’, after Mr. Shakespeare’s Drawbridge nonsense, which simply demonstrates lazy thinking, and or political desperation, which grabs ahold of the latest intellectual gimmick: ‘… a … Continue reading →

After the provocative, even taunting essay titled ‘Greeks chose poverty, let them have their way’ at the Financial Times of June 9, 2015 by technocrat Francesco Giavazzi. And Anatole Kaletsky’s essay of June 11,2015, ominously titled ‘A Greek suicide?’ that … Continue reading →

‘If you were in charge of NBC News and Williams were caught telling exaggerated or made-up stories on your watch, what would you do? I would do what Roger Ailes would do. Through Roger’s eyes, the issue is: What does … Continue reading →