EU Pandemic Relief Deal: A blueprint for a European superstate
After intense negotiations, long days and nights of clashes and a distinctly sour note underlying the entire summit, European Union leaders finally agreed on an unprecedented 1.82 trillion-euro ($2.1...
Is the West repeating India’s mistakes? - Part II
Interview with Jayant Bhandari - Part II The government should get completely out of the business of social engineering. Even under a purely meritocratic system, India would be desperately short of...
Is the West repeating India’s mistakes? - Part I
Interview with Jayant Bhandari - Part I Following the publication of our last conversation with Jayant Bhandari, I received a lot of interesting feedback and remarks. The common denominator of all...
War on poverty, or just war on the poor?
As the dust is now begging to settle, both from the heights of the covid panic and from the riots that shook the western world, we are starting to get an idea about where we stand after this...
The attitude should be gratitude
During these increasingly polarized times, it is easy for logical debates to give way to emotionally charged shouting matches. Once the idea of free dialogue is gone…
The illusions of Keynesianism create a morally corrupt society - Part II
Interview with Jayant Bhandari - Part II: Cultural Marxism, political correctness, and the naivety that afflicts Keynesian economists have inflicted massive damage on the culture and institutions of...
The illusions of Keynesianism create a morally corrupt society - Part I
Interview with Jayant Bhandari: The global economic shutdown has inflicted unprecedented damage and caused widespread destruction both in the economy and in our societies. While the true scale of...
The war on cash, covid edition - Part II
Part II It doesn’t require too dark an imagination to realize the gravity of the concerns over the digital yuan. China is a true pioneer when it comes surveillance, censorship and political...
The war on cash, covid edition - Part I
Part I The corona crisis has already taken a very high toll and caused deep damage in our societies and our economies, the extent of which is yet to become apparent. We have seen its impact on...
An unexpected blow to the ECB - Part II
Although the German court ruling had nothing to do with this latest wave of easing and money printing triggered by the coronavirus crisis, the timing of it puts the present situation in a different...