Banks are getting a bad press at the moment and it appears governments are people are powerless without them, but...
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We can , as individuals, print our own, trusted, personal currency. After a conversation on Yanis Varoufakis's blog I found myself...
The man who is so popular he can hold his own convetion is banned from speaking at the Republican Party Convention in...
No suprise to Ron Paul supporters, even his own party is trying to ignore him, this could get ugly, I...
Let me first explain where I am coming from. (more…)
In a word choice. Giving people a simple choice will cut the social security budget massively. (more…)
Obama and Hollande in France get easy points by saying they will tax the rich. (more…)
I was speaking to a Greek lady yesterday and she was wondering what the effect would be in Greece now...
Let me say from the off that I think Peter Schiff rocks but when it comes to austerity in Europe...
This article outlines how the UK can eliminate the value reduction tax called VAT. VAT can be cut completely with...
So the news reports that Rajoy is following the same program of "austerity" as Greece. The effect that so-called "austerity"...
Bloomberg have mentioned it twice now. They say Best Buy suffers from the "showroom effect" or they may have called...
It is a common line by liberals that a Gold standard would be manipulated by the mega rich. The thinking...
Enver Hoxha From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Not to be confused with Enver Hoxhaj. Enver Hoxha First Secretary of the Albanian Party of...
Did Paul Tucker let the cat out of the bag during his testimony? Let me first repeat the them of...
This article is on James Petras's blog. There are some many contradictions in this one article I seriously doubt if...
To establish the fundamentals. The British Labour Party is socialist, therefore their broad mission is to protect the working class...
One thing that has struck me through all the news coverage of the supposed LIBOR rigging has been the complete...
You would think Junker would have enough on his plate trying to implement his Eurobond idea but no. The next...
Government debt keeps getting larger even when adjusted for inflation. That's it. That fact alone shows that Obama's government spending...
The story goes that people are abused in sweatshops, that they work in inhumane conditions and people in the west...
The mayor of Volos is the most forward thinking poltician I know of in Europe. He is encouraging something which...
If you want to bypass the costs & complications of the legal system in your country or a foreign country,...
Reuters has a very broad article today outlining he possible consequences of a Greek exit from the Euro currency. It...
So a judge is not the prime minister of Greece. Here is an article explaining the situation in more detail....
Listening to American talk radio it seems Americans have the idea that Europeans are unhappy because governments are cutting back....
Alexis Tsipras, the leader of Syriza as usual has defined the Greek crisis perfectly in an interview with Reuters. "It's...
Samaras had a nice piece in the Wall Street Journal today which has been reproduced by Athens News. (Included below)...
Seriously, why does voluntary taxation not get 100% support from the population? (more…)
They might actually be Mitt Romney supporters. (more…)
Bloomberg had an article on Street Smart saying how the US economy was seeing a recovery powered by consumers. (more…)
I have written before about the constant stalling on the holding of general elections in Greece. The news today is...
Assuming Germany and the EU decide not to "bail out" Greek bank depositors. What does that say about the last...
The single biggest issue with a Greek government default will be the effect it has on the banks in Greece....
And I don't mean fictional valuation, I am going to tell you how you can make a pretty accurate educated estimation of Facebook's...
Facebook served around 704 billion ad impressions in 2011 This page gives the background figures highlighted in this article "Facebook Valuation -...
Athens News had an article today regarding the subsidising of Greek ferry services. But why do ferry services need to...
Mitt Romney was Governor Governor of Massachusetts from 2002-2007, a time of unprecedented prosperity. Romney constantly puts himself forward as a...
Ron Paul wants to empower people. Ron Paul want individuals to make more decisions about what is best for them...
Proposal for the re-organsiation of Welsh infrastructure after independence Wales has massive infrastructure which has been paid for by Welsh...
While it is nice to see people protesting, unfortunately the Occupy Movement is protesting for more government and less big...
There are 2 main political beliefs capitalism and socialism/fascism Under a socialist government people are not free to live in...
Why is France24 try to suppress the message of freedom in Europe? (more…)
Okay, this is not a new thing, it has been going on as far back as anyone can remember but...
With a "unity government" in Greece and with a supposedly neutral PM, could this be the shape of democracy in Greece...
About the authorTakis Pappas is an associate professor of comparative politics at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece (on leave)...
Usually the 28th of October is day of celebration for the whole of Greece with the largest event being the...
The Greek debt problem is extremely easy to solve. Before it can be explained why, we first need to understand...
It seems that every Greek I speak to says Samaras is the same as Papandreou, all politicians are looking out...
The primary reason why Greece has its current problems is the monopoly of power in Athens. 95% of all taxes...
Let us summarise what socialism stands for. Looking after the less fortunate in society with money from the more fortunate...
"A democratic government acting in the best interests of private corporations even if these actions are in direct contradiction to...
Forget about the bail outs, forget about Greece's next tranche of bail out cash from the Troika. Even if the...
An article in Ekathimerini today is typical of the type of government propaganda that is wide spread in the Greek...
This is what ex Nymex traders believe according to the book "The Asylum" by Leah McGrath Goodman From 13mins 40seconds...