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politics and the economy
Austerity not inevitable in long term, but tough measures needed in meantime
The Australian,
12 May 2012
Europe is suffering from a serious bout of nerves about its future, best summed up in French as demondialisation. The strict translation is "deglobalisation", but the sentiment behind it is better understood as "stop the world, I want to get off".
Hating bankers a global sport
The Australian,
8 February 2012
The simpleton's denunciation of money as the source of all evil has been transformed into a demonology used by any public figure in search of applause.
Message to EU meddlers: Hands off Hungary!
spiked,
23 January 2012
Brussels’ culture war against the ‘white savages’ of Hungary is destroying democracy and helping to boost reactionary right-wingers.
Eurokrise: Wohin mit der lästigen Demokratie?
Novo Argumente,
11 January 2012
In den vergangenen Monaten ist deutlich geworden, dass die Europäische Union nicht bloß unter einem Demokratiedefizit leidet.
Attitudes towards protesters show depth of our moral vacuity
The Australian,
31 December 2011
All that is asked of potential moral role models today is that they complain, voice their emotion and make a public statement.
Exposed: the snobbery and intolerance of the EU elite
spiked,
14 December 2011
The chattering classes’ hysterical reaction to David Cameron’s veto of a revised Lisbon Treaty reveals the dark heart of pro-EU sentiment.
How the EU oligarchy has downsized democracy
spiked,
29 November 2011
ESSAY: So-called liberals and leftists have become obsessed with constructing a political firewall between the elite and the multitude.
The power and the passion lost in procedure
The Australian,
12 November 2011
For some time now it has been evident that politics has become lost for words.
100% säkert att de inte företräder 99%
Voltaire,
7 November 2011
Nittionio procent är en enastående hög andel av befolkningen. När medlemmar av den globala ockupationsrörelsen hävdar att de är ”de 99 procenten” påstår de sig tala för så gott som alla människor.
Why church officials worship these protesters
spiked,
1 November 2011
No attempt to depict Occupy London as a Second Coming of angry Jesuses can disguise the fact that it remains a shallow moral gesture.
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