Tag: countries

May 18, 2015 0

Greece to Face "Take it or Leave it Offer" Just Like Cyprus

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The Financial Times discusses the situation in Tsipras Letter Reveals Precariousness of Greece’s Finances . Greece came so close to defaulting on last week’s €750m International Monetary Fund repayment that the prime minister warned IMF chief Christine Lagarde he could not pay it without EU aid

May 11, 2015 0

Merkel’s Own Party Ready to Give Up on Greece; Another Week of Deadlines; Reflections on Can Kicking

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Merkel’s Own Party Ready to Give Up on Greece; Another Week of Deadlines; Reflections on Can Kicking German Chancellor Angela Merkel is increasingly isolated in her stance on Greece. Growing Pressure From Within the ranks of her own party bloc to give up on Greece for the sake of the euro. Members of Merkel’s Christian Democratic bloc are openly challenging her stance of keeping Europe’s most-indebted country in the 19-nation currency region.

May 5, 2015 0

UN Peacekeepers: Enemies of International Law

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Links UN Peacekeepers: Enemies of International Law May 6, 2015 ( Valery Kulikov  – NEO ) – The recent scandal involving the sexual abuse of African children carried out by members of a UN peacekeeping mission, despite numerous efforts of this international organization to play it down, will not be ignored.

April 9, 2015 0

Readers Question Free Trade; Does Nonreciprocal Free Trade Cost Jobs? Paul Krugman "Was" Right!

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I received many questions and comments regarding Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership Fiasco vs. Mish’s Proposed Free Trade Alternative . While most do see Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as a fiasco, many question my alternative proposal: An excellent free trade agreement would consist of precisely one line of text: All tariffs and all government subsidies on all goods and services will be eliminated effective June 1, 2015"