Category: Politics

Apr 21

The American disaster and the attempt to sink Western economies

Are the USA dragging Europe into the divisive world of creditors and debtors, and looking for a new “cold war”? This is the summary of the latest Global Europe Anticipation Bulletin n° 84 dealing with such hypothesis. Read more here (Italian) and here (French).

Mar 27

Bank of England undermines the Classic Money Creation Theory

“In exceptional circumstances, when interest rates are at their effective lower bound, money creation and spending in the economy may still be too low to be consistent with the central bank’s monetary policy objectives. One possible response is to undertake a series of asset purchases, or ‘quantitative easing’ (QE)… As a by-product of QE, new …

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Feb 03

Italian household disposable income: ISTAT report

ISTAT (Italian National Institute of Statistics) has released the 2012 Survey on regional household disposable income today. Despite low timeliness, the report offers the last official data highlighting the descending curve of households economic conditions in Italy. A big gap among Italian regions stands above the average disposable income (€17.563 according to ISTAT, or slightly …

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Feb 03

The lens of the EU Anti-Corruption report 2014 on Italy

The EU Anti-Corruption report 2014 has been released today. Many are the bad news for Italy, confirming the reasons of the long and dramatic crisis in this Country are strictly tied to the conditions of its political, social and economic environment. The EC confirms that “despite considerable efforts, corruption remains a serious challenge in Italy” …

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Nov 28

A US message to China

US diplomatic iceberg spotted near China. Another clue of the warming mood of US-China relationships comes from the last episode (or provocation?) of the B-52 bombers violating the air defense zone of Senkaku/Diaoyu islands. How long will the Chinese power keep calm? Read more from Asian Times.

Oct 22

The birth of the ‘de-Americanized’ world

China has had enough. The Country of Great Wall is working at a “de-Americanized” world. A commentary of Xinhua, a State controlled press agency, explains how and why and launches the idea of Petroyuan. “With its seemingly unrivaled economic and military might, the United States has declared that it has vital national interests to protect …

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Jul 01

Rogue States

The so called “Datagate”, recently boosted by a Glenn Greenwald’s investigation published by  the Guardian, early June, unveils an uncomfortable truth on the UK-USA espionage over world’s communications, and in particular over ‘allied’ European Countries. Since the first allegations moved to USA Embassy in Bruxelles over phone tapping, computer hacking and bugs at the European Commision’s …

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