Home » Posts tagged 'germany' (Page 28)
Tag Archives: germany
Memo To Obama: Butt Out Of The Greek Crisis—-You’ve Dispensed Enough Keynesian Poison At Home
Memo To Obama: Butt Out Of The Greek Crisis—-You’ve Dispensed Enough Keynesian Poison At Home At the moment, Europe is struggling to pass an inflamed financial gallstone. The sooner that Greece is permitted to escape the debt clogged financial ducts fashioned by its Brussels paymasters, the sooner the entirety of Europe can begin the cure of […]
Greece and Euroland’s Crumbling McMansion of Debt
Greece and Euroland’s Crumbling McMansion of Debt All the gimmicks lenders press on borrowers to maintain the artifice that the loan is being serviced are financial frauds. Sometimes the best way to summarize a complex situation is with an analogy. The Greek debt crisis, for example, is very much like the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007-08. […]
The War Next Door: Can Merkel’s Diplomacy Save Europe?
The War Next Door: Can Merkel’s Diplomacy Save Europe? Chancellor Angela Merkel has often been accused of hesitancy. But in Minsk this week, she committed herself to helping find a way to quiet the weapons in Ukraine. The result was a cease-fire. But it is fragile and may ultimately be disadvantageous for Ukraine. The problem has […]
The Minsk Peace Deal: Farce Or Sellout?
The Minsk Peace Deal: Farce Or Sellout? Judging by the report on RT http://rt.com/news/231667-minsk-ceasefire-deal-breakup/ I conclude that the Ukraine peace deal worked out in Minsk by Putin, Merkel, Hollande, and Poroshenko has little chance of success. As Washington is not a partner to the Minsk peace deal, how can there be peace when Washington has made […]
The Terms Of The Ukraine Cease-Fire: Presenting “East Ukraine”
The Terms Of The Ukraine Cease-Fire: Presenting “East Ukraine” Following marathon talks in Minsk that lasted more than 17 hours, the leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine reached an agreement that appears to align with the Kremlin’s demands. The document calls for a cease-fire to begin Feb. 15, the withdrawal of weapons and the […]
Athens vs. Brussels: Greece Inches Closer to Renewal of Debt Crisis
Athens vs. Brussels: Greece Inches Closer to Renewal of Debt Crisis After new Greek Finance Minister Giannis Varoufakis had been repeatedly rebuffed on his introductory tour of European capitals, he opted for flattery and solicitation during his visit to Berlin last week. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, Varoufakis said, had been an object of his admiration […]
Pentagon deploys A-10 attack jets, 300 pilots to Germany amid Ukraine turmoil
Pentagon deploys A-10 attack jets, 300 pilots to Germany amid Ukraine turmoil The US Air Force dispatched a dozen A-10 Thunderbolt II attack jets and about 300 airmen to Germany as part of a military exercise, which is expected to involve NATO allies in Eastern Europe amid simmering tensions over Ukraine. The Cold War-era aircraft, […]
The Euro’s Exponential Decay
The Euro’s Exponential Decay I don’t know about you, but I’m having a ball reading up on the preparations for the Wednesday/Thursday talks between Greece and .. well, everybody else. German FinMin Schäuble proudly declares that it’s do what I tell you or you’re finished, Greek FinMin Varoufakis says prepare for a clash. Greek advisors […]
Is Peace or War at Hand?
Is Peace or War at Hand? King World News illustrates this article with photos. If you enjoy visuals, go here:http://kingworldnews.com/paul-craig-roberts-world-now-cusp-total-war/ At this time we do not know the outcome of the meeting in Moscow between Merkel, Hollande, and Putin. The meeting with Putin was initiated by Merkel and Hollande, because they are disturbed by the […]
All Twerked Out
All Twerked Out Bruce Jenner’s journey to transgender sainthood was interrupted Saturday on the road to Malibu, and with it perhaps the Kardashian Klan’s hopes and dreams for achieving supremacy of the known universe. All of America was twerking at the news because that is what we do and who we are now. The […]
Europe’s Greek Showdown: The Sum Of All Statist Errors
Europe’s Greek Showdown: The Sum Of All Statist Errors The politicians of Europe are plunging into a form of ideological fratricide as they battle over Greece. And “fratricide” is precisely the right descriptor because in this battle there are no white hats or black hits—-just statists. Accordingly, all the combatants—the German, Greek and other national politicians and the apparatchiks […]
Europe Fractures: France Pivots To Putin, Cyprus Offers Moscow Military Base, Germany-US Splinter On Ukraine
Europe Fractures: France Pivots To Putin, Cyprus Offers Moscow Military Base, Germany-US Splinter On Ukraine Following yesterday’s summary of the utter farce that the Minsk Summit/Ukraine “peace” deal talks have become, the various parties involved appear to be fracturing even faster today. The headlines are coming thick and fast but most prescient appears to be: […]
Historically speaking, Germany a bigger deadbeat than Greece
Historically speaking, Germany a bigger deadbeat than Greece Germany’s debt defaults after the two world wars dwarfs anything Greece has done, economists say In its attempt to bust the austerity shackles that lenders have imposed, Greece’s new leftist government is finding a particularly unsympathetic ear in Germany, the European Union’s paymaster, which says it is […]
Why the Beautiful New Greek Government Is Screwed
Why the Beautiful New Greek Government Is Screwed Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, often in a good-cop-bad-cop manner, have been cruising through the media, lobbing a mix of admirable rhetoric, verbal hand grenades, and down-to-earth explanations. And they have become white-hot media darlings. So Varoufakis was in Germany to meet […]
Greek and German finance ministers clash at debt relief talks
Greek and German finance ministers clash at debt relief talks No agreement to disagree on Athens’ debts as Varoufakis brings up spectre of Greek nazism and Schäuble offers 500 German tax collectors Greece’s radical Syriza government remained locked in a bitter standoff with its German paymasters, as finance minister Yanis Varoufakis issued a stark warning […]
