Tag Archives: Future is doomed

A few thoughts for the summer….

Posted on June 15, 2014 by SimonQ

Was mentionning elections in the last posts and warning to watch them in many previous posts. So, what happened? EU elections? The brain-unswitched left-wing media are up in arms “Oh, my God, the far-right is gaining audience like never before!!”. Of course, they … Continue reading →

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As said numerous times: Watch the next elections….

Posted on May 22, 2014 by SimonQ

So here we go, European Parliamentary elections throughout the EU this weekend! Now to have an idea of the general “ambiance”, let’s take a quick look at the news presented officially as “good” over the past months (not to mention the “fantastic, … Continue reading →

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And a few more points to ponder…

Posted on December 26, 2013 by SimonQ

Maybe it is the globalization of news, but unrest throughout the world is popping up all over the place, for various alleged reasons and in various forms. Syria continues to be a tragedy, way too often described in the media … Continue reading →

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A year of progress? But towards what…?

Posted on December 26, 2013 by SimonQ

Sorry dear readers, it’s been a while….. So I just thought I would reflect a bit on any progress made over this year before we cruise along into next. As a long-retired colleague of mine liked to say, “we’ve had … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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Where does the 3% of GDP limit come from?

Posted on October 4, 2012 by SimonQ

Somehow, I thought that the budgetary-deficit limit in the Maastricht Treaty governing the Euro-Zone membership criteria had some kind of economic logic behind it. Well, guess what, it doesn’t! Members of the Euro-Zone are to limit their annual budgetary deficit … Continue reading →

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