The G20-Spot
German chancellor Angela Merkel celebrates a blackhole as success A Comment by Ralph T. Niemeyer In Germany these days publicists of mainstream media…
Occupy Deutsche Bank
Democracy, finally, celebrates a revival
Syriza will be in government but not in power if it choses wrong partner A comment by Ralph T. Niemeyer The Greek crisis that…
Same Mistakes like in 1914
by Ralph T. Niemeyer While ‘financial weapons of mass destruction’ are once more in the process of destroying an existing world order by causing…
The Third Way – Myth
by Ralph T. Niemeyer It is hardly possible for any democratically elected leader to stand up against their power and it is impossible…
Inequality is morally wrong and uneconomic
by Ralph T. Niemeyer The extreme inequality that global capitalism creates is not only morally and socially wrong. It also is a major…
Who really wants to live under capitalism?
by Ralph T. Niemeyer Our present economic problems are not only resulting from the fact that the “masters of the universe”, investment…
“The Reich vanished, the Rich remained”
by Ralph T. Niemeyer Closer scrutiny of the US’ National Income and Productivity (NIPA) tables as well as the Savings Rate prove that…
Socialism crippled by Centralisation, Capitalism by Concentration
by Ralph T. Niemeyer No alternative to capitalism has ever worked – so far. Socialism got crippled by centralisation, corruption and nepotism, capitalism by…
too big to jail?!
Judges imposing their countries’ maximum penalties for serious offences such as manipulating the LIBOR benchmark interest rate would have to stipulate at least four…
Underlying the economic model is a deeper rooted contradiction
by Ralph T. Niemeyer In 2011 ECONFIN decided to have the Euro-zone taxpayers continue to “rescue” Greece, although the majority of citizens…