Author Archives: SimonQ

Youth Unemployment is rocketing up the to-do list…

Posted on August 7, 2013 by SimonQ

Over the past year, I had the opportunity to point-out the sky-high and still-rising Youth Unemployment as being the biggest issue the “developped world” has to face, and in particular in Europe… remember the warning: watch the next elections… Well, it … Continue reading →

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The reactions to NSA’s spying are… surprising!

Posted on August 7, 2013 by SimonQ

Now that was quite something. The world is getting all upset because the NSA spies on everyone. Well, no kidding, you mean they happen to be doing their job, no? And in the intelligence business, you need to use any … Continue reading →

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A missed communication opportunity for the Muslim community…

Posted on August 5, 2013 by SimonQ

I am assuming that many saw on the internet the video of one of the murderers of an innocent UK soldier killed in the street who goes on a rant about their reasons and the Jihad and all that crap, … Continue reading →

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Why is the EU expansion getting less press?

Posted on August 5, 2013 by SimonQ

While for the two waves of EU expansion I had experienced so far, in 2004 to get to 25 and in 2007 to reach 27 member-States, there was a huge hoopla around it, sometimes for years beforehand, it seems now that … Continue reading →

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So… where were we?

Posted on August 5, 2013 by SimonQ

Though I have said this before, time does fly…. it’s been over three months since my last post and lots has been happening since. The last post on this blog was on the fury over Cyprus’ bailout plan. How has that … Continue reading →

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Shall it become known as “Savers’ Spring”?

Posted on March 24, 2013 by SimonQ

Well, three days into spring and I cannot not write about what is going on in Cyprus. A rescue-plan which consists of simply taking a cut of people’s savings…. and not a small cut either. When I first heard this, … Continue reading →

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Should optimists and pessismists give way to realists…

Posted on March 10, 2013 by SimonQ

Interestingly, some ideas are going around about what could be done, if anything, to stop the economic slide Europe has now been in for (at least) four years. Of course, the various austerity plans all missed their targets for 2012, though … Continue reading →

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What to wish for in 2013…

Posted on December 27, 2012 by SimonQ

OK, first of all I realize I have not posted a blog for a month and a half… shame on me! Time flies and I did happen to be a bit busy… So I’m taking advantage of bad weather in the Swiss … Continue reading →

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Will IMF-lending be the last straw?

Posted on November 10, 2012 by SimonQ

Remembering my university days when we learnt about the IMF, the institution born in Bretton Woods, which had steered the World economies through the post-war decades and was then (early eighties) mainly used to help developping nations grow in a sustainable way, I … Continue reading →

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A Short Press Review 3/3…

Posted on October 26, 2012 by SimonQ

Between travelling, household things to do and taking care of the kids while my wife had some professional fairs to attend, I have been struggling a bit over the past weeks to find time to write, but as I still collected some … Continue reading →

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