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A few thoughts for the summer….

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….

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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A year of progress? But towards what…?

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…

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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Should optimists and pessismists give way to realists…

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…

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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A Short Press Review 2/3…

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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How come no one mentions Japan?

While putting together macroeconomic data for the business case, something did strike me. The debt of Japan is above 200% of GDP and nobody talks about that as an issue…. Though some are starting to, not least the Japanese themselves. … Continue reading

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“Work for no pay or lose benefits”

Was in London this week, and one title all over the press was “work for no pay or lose benefits”… An eye-catching one-liner on what the government wants young unemployed people from 18 to 24 to do. In fact, the … Continue reading

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Let’s loot a store or two…

Instead of ranting about nobody seeing the raw facts and having the guts to talk about them, today I thought of writing about a few things going on and which are just a beginning…. The other day in Spain, two … Continue reading

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