Brexit Moment: Nigel Farage’s Dramatic Final Speech at the European Parliament (Video) by Wolf Richter • Feb 1, 2020 • 169 Comments The UK is out of the European Union, and “the rest frankly is detail.”
The Crisis in Catalonia & What I Saw in Our Neighborhood in Barcelona by Nick Corbishley • Oct 27, 2019 • 65 Comments As separatist region is rocked by violence, businesses sound alarm.
US Senator Aims at Big Gaming, Tries to Ban “Loot Boxes” & “Pay-to-Win,” Puts $50 Billion in Revenues at Risk. Here’s How Gamers Reacted by Adam Williams • May 9, 2019 • 41 Comments The reception of the bill has been fascinating.
Exxon Now Advocates for Carbon Tax? Hmmm by Leonard Hyman and Willian Tilles • Oct 12, 2018 • 95 Comments Some things are just too curious.
Playing With Fire in Catalonia by Don Quijones • Apr 3, 2018 • 17 Comments A relentless state, angry demonstrations, and profoundly worried businesses.
European Court of Justice Deals Heavy Blow to “Corporate Sovereignty Clause” by Don Quijones • Mar 7, 2018 • 17 Comments Beginning of the end for “Investor-State Dispute Settlement” clauses that have become toxic to democracies?
US Gross National Debt Spikes $1 Trillion in Less Than 6 Months by Wolf Richter • Feb 24, 2018 • 97 Comments And these are the good times.
New Subsidies For Coal, Nuclear in the Federal Budget by Leonard Hyman and Willian Tilles • Feb 22, 2018 • 31 Comments Nice to know our government is generous, even rewarding corporate failure.
US Treasury Posts Gigantic $1.16 Trillion Shortfall in Fiscal 2017, Hilariously Points out “Where We Are Headed” by Wolf Richter • Feb 19, 2018 • 130 Comments Just add tax cuts and ballooning expenditures. The media chose to silence the report to death.
Chaos in Catalonia Hits Barcelona Housing Bubble by Don Quijones • Jan 3, 2018 • 28 Comments Turns out all that’s needed to halt a property bubble is a constitutional crisis of epic proportions.