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The High Cost of Renewable Subsidies
The High Cost of Renewable Subsidies I have for some time wanted to get to the bottom of renewable subsidies and their impact upon electricity prices. But the complexity and opacity of the system has always defeated me. And then last week a report titled “Status Review of Renewable Support Schemes in Europe” landed in […]
The Bag Holder and His Bag
The Bag Holder and His Bag Can you see those swans coming in for a landing on Pond USA? They’re not exactly black swans, because you knew they were out there circling, but they’re dark enough against the twilight’s last gleaming to give you the heebie jeebies. Troubles and portents of more trouble are stacking […]
European Parliament Censors Its Own Free Speech
European Parliament Censors Its Own Free Speech The rule strikes at the very center of free speech, namely that of elected politicians, which the European Court of Human Rights has deemed in its practice to be specially protected. Members of the European Parliament are people who have been elected to make the voices of their […]
Democrat v Republican
Democrat v Republican We are perhaps witnessing the political crisis of a life time. Our model has been projecting this crisis and I warned more than 20 years ago that the Democratic Party was in serious decline. Keep in mind that Trump effectively became a third party candidate within the Republican Party. So by no […]
Europe or Anti-Europe?
Europe or Anti-Europe? MILAN – A knowledgeable friend in Milan recently asked me the following question: “If an outside investor, say, from the United States, wanted to invest a substantial sum in the Italian economy, what would you advise?” I replied that, although there are many opportunities to invest in companies and sectors, the overall […]
Strange That The Same Point In Time For The Economic Crisis Keeps Coming Up
Strange That The Same Point In Time For The Economic Crisis Keeps Coming Up This video was produced by X22 Report Netherlands is making a move to leave the EU. Theresa May is worried that a Scottish Referendum vote will happen at the same time as the Article 50 vote. Former IMF chief sentenced to jail […]
Dutch Parliament to Debate Leaving the Eurozone: Nexit on the Way?
Dutch Parliament to Debate Leaving the Eurozone: Nexit on the Way? Potential Eurozone disruption possibilities keep compounding. The Netherlands Parliament will now debate leaving the Eurozone. For example, the Netherlands Parliament will now debate leaving the Eurozone. In long-winded wording for a potential “Nexit”, Reutersreports Dutch relations with euro up for debate after lawmakers commission probe The Netherlands’ future […]
EU Bailout of Portugal Has Failed
EU Bailout of Portugal Has Failed This year, 2017, is the beginning of the Sovereign Debt Crisis. While Greece is popping up on the financial radar, the Euro rescue in Portugal has also completely failed to reverse the trend of the country. There has been no effective relief from the debt crisis in Southern Europe. The […]
From New World Order to Hazy Global Disorder
From New World Order to Hazy Global Disorder The Donald Trump administration and the Brexit severance of ties between the United Kingdom and the European Union have, in a matter of a little over a half year, changed the world from a post-Cold War «new world order» based on American supremacy to a global «disorder» […]
Cash No Longer King: Europe Moves to Begin Elimination of Paper Money
Cash No Longer King: Europe Moves to Begin Elimination of Paper Money (ANTIMEDIA) — In the shadow of Donald Trump’s spree of controversial actions, the European commission has quietly launched the next offensive in the war on cash. These unelected bureaucrats have boldly asserted their intention to crack down on paper transactions across the E.U. and […]
Italy’s Banking Crisis Is Even Worse Than We Thought
Italy’s Banking Crisis Is Even Worse Than We Thought The insider blame game has begun. In this late winter of generalized discontent, it is not easy to pinpoint just where the biggest threat to Europe’s increasingly flimsy union lies, so intense is the competition. One obvious contender is the Eurozone’s third largest economy, Italy, which […]
Italy Increasingly Likely to Abandon the Euro
Italy Increasingly Likely to Abandon the Euro An analysis of the political setup in Italy shows eurosceptics are on the verge of taking control of the country. The only missing ingredient is an early election. And early elections are now the odds-on favorite. Let’s back up a bit to fill in the pieces as to how […]
Things Just Got Serious in Europe’s War on Cash
Things Just Got Serious in Europe’s War on Cash To protect citizens from threats as defined by apparatchiks in Brussels. The central authorities in Europe just launched their most important offensive to date in their multiyear War on Cash. The new move comes directly from the European Union’s executive branch, the European Commission, which just announced its […]
Why Europe must end in tears
Why Europe must end in tears The latest consequence of economic mismanagement in Europe was the failed attempt at constitutional reform in Italy this week. The Italian people have had enough of their government’s economic failure, and is refusing to give it more power. The EU and the euro project have been an economic disaster […]
