Tag Archives: International

More Merkel, Better Europe

English, Global Economy, Merkel, On the cover

“However the Germans vote on 22 September, Berlin’s attitude to the EU is not going to change much” – Charles Grant

Two weeks ago, Angela Merkel and Peer Steinbrück , leading candidates for German Chancellor,  held an election debate on TV. It was a quiet event, without fanfare or big accusations. There were no negative comments to the policies of budget cuts, rather the opposite. Commenting this with German friends, they told me: “The obsession with the so-called austerity is a problem in other countries, here people understand that budgets must be balanced”. Continue reading More Merkel, Better Europe →

Death in the City of London, Demagoguery and Mediocrity

Global Economy, On the cover, Sin categoría

Surely you have read that a bank intern at the City of London sadly died a couple of weeks ago after allegedly working 72 hours straight. Well, if you have read the chronicle of the press, you will probably be horrified at the description of “inhuman hours’, deaths and suicide in the financial sector. Nothing is further from reality. Continue reading Death in the City of London, Demagoguery and Mediocrity →