Russian Hot Money Dodges Sanctions, Gushes into Hong Kong, Hits Resistance by Wolf Richter • Sep 15, 2014 • 1 Comment Targeted by an ever tightening sanction spiral, Russian companies and individuals decided not to be sitting ducks.
Ravenous Costs and Dubious Benefits of a College Degree by Contributor • Sep 10, 2014 • 12 Comments She’ll be 55 before her net life-time earnings equal those of an enterprising person who left school at 16.
Russia Sanctions Hit German Consumers, “Economic Expectations Completely Collapse” by Wolf Richter • Aug 27, 2014 • 10 Comments The “faster rotating sanctions spiral with Russia” causes the worst plunge in the history of the German consumer index going back to 1980.
Spain’s Silent Reconquest of Mexico by Don Quijones • Aug 23, 2014 • 3 Comments A tightly coordinated campaign by the Spanish government and its corporate masters.
This Is what Happens when otherwise Competent, Diligent, Hard-Nosed Bureaucrats Fail to Read my Stuff by Wolf Richter • Aug 22, 2014 • 12 Comments The folks at the German Finance Ministry belatedly follow WOLF STREET and admit that sanctions caused Germany’s economic swoon.
France’s Housing Construction “Recovery” From Hell by Wolf Richter • Aug 15, 2014 • 1 Comment Even while people are screaming about housing shortages in Paris and other cities.
Chilling Echoes of Past, as Spain Cranks Up Political Repression by Don Quijones • Aug 13, 2014 • 3 Comments Numerous common acts in Spain have been turned into illegal acts by the Orwellian-termed “Citizens’ Security” law, more popularly known as the “Gag Law.”
Young Italian Prime Minister Dares (!) to Defy Troika by Don Quijones • Aug 12, 2014 • 4 Comments “I’m not part of that system that has destroyed this country,” said Prime Minister Renzi. National leaders were deposed by the Troika for lesser sins.
How Government Masks the Plight of Spain’s Lost Generation by Don Quijones • Aug 9, 2014 • 4 Comments Through crude use of statistics, the Spanish government makes a mockery out of tragedy.
The Old Continent’s Road to Ruin (Through Moscow) by Don Quijones • Aug 7, 2014 • 6 Comments Who will fold first? That’s the question in the escalating trade war that has already hit European and Russian companies and their economies.
