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…
Occupy Frankfurt
Socialism crippled by Centralisation, Capitalism by Concentration
by Ralph T. Niemeyer ‘Number of Americans in poverty highest in 50 years’, said the Financial Times (FT) headline of 14 September….
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…
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…
Short selling considered illegal by ECJ
by Martha Devon Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee Chair Sharon Bowles (ALDE, UK) issued the following statement on the European Court of Justice ruling…
yet another Smoke-Screen
The European Central Bank in December 2013 “Banking Union” once more provides loopholes bigger than in any Swiss cheese A Comment by Ralph…
Draghi allies with MEPs against a bad banking union
by Linda Sommerschütt The EU member states’ current plans for a common system for winding down troubled banks risk being too complex to…
Candidate for boss of EU bank supervisor quizzed by MEPs
Danièle Nouy, the ECB’s nominee for the new post of EU bank supervisor, was vetted by MEPs on Wednesday at a hearing in which…
Germany’s Euro-Apartheid
Will “Occupy Deutsche Bank” celebrate an even bigger comeback?! by Ralph T. Niemeyer During the crisis, Deutsche Bank AG has once again reported…
Investment Protection becomes “Human Right”
by Ralph T. Niemeyer Just when Greece is expecting to be handed the next lifeline of €30 billion from the European Union and International…