Bitcoin and the dangerous fantasy of ‘apolitical’ money (Yanis Varoufakis) The Civilizing Power of Disaster What happened in Cyprus Abolish deposit insurance, please Rediscovering The Utopian In Europe: An Interview With Philippe Van Parijs Cyprus: handling of the Emergency Liquidity Assistance of Laiki was illegal The generalized resource curse Into the Fire – The Hidden […]
Archive for2013
Boiling links
April 27th, 2013 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Boiling Links | Leave A Comment »
Should Germany repay Greece on war reparation?
April 18th, 2013 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Crisis routine | Leave A Comment »
Just like Greece should not repay its current public debt to foreign investors, Germany should not repay Greece for war reparations debts.
Emergency liquidity assistance in Cyprus: 10.2bn euros
April 11th, 2013 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Crisis routine | Leave A Comment »
Since many of my readers from Cyprus seem curious about the so called “emergency liquidity assistance” (ELA) that have kept the banking system afloat for the last 18 months, I have updated my chart according the latest information released by the Central Bank of Cyprus. Here it is (ELA in red): At end-february, the level […]
The time has come for basic income
April 5th, 2013 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Beyond the crisis | 1 Comment »
The time has come for basic income supporters to take action for one of the biggest battle of History: the one for Human Rights, Dignity, Democracy, Commons… All at once reunited in the demand for a basic income.
Boiling links
April 1st, 2013 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Boiling Links | Leave A Comment »
Communism, welfare state – what’s the next big idea? Why Beppe Grillo won in Italy: it wasn’t because of social media Confessions of A Job Destroyer Student Debt Is Perfectly Following the Financial Meltdown Script OuiShare: Facilitating the Shift to a Collaborative Economy Happy reading!
No surprises in Cyprus
March 30th, 2013 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Crisis routine | Leave A Comment »
As I said, in my previous post on the matter, Cyprus had two choices: either refuse to bail-in its banks, which implied directly to be ejected form the eurozone, either to balance better who would pay. Therefore Cyprus’ final deal is probably close to a good one.
Cyprus at crossroads between Europe and Russia
March 21st, 2013 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Crisis routine | 1 Comment »
While the idea of bailing-in the Cypriot banks was good idea in principle, the way the Cypriot government and the troika implemented was very badly designed – not to say scandalously unfair. Now it’s up to the Cypriot People to demand a better plan. But which one?
Boiling links
February 26th, 2013 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Boiling Links | Leave A Comment »
OuiShare: Facilitating the Shift to a Collaborative Economy The Norwegian prison where inmates are treated like people Digital capitalism produces few winners France’s work ethic: flâneurs on the treadmill Q&A with Polish Central Bank Governor Marek Belka The case for helicopter money (Martin Wolf) Happy reading!
Boiling links
February 4th, 2013 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Boiling Links | Leave A Comment »
Obama must face the rise of the robots The Redefinition of Work Massive Political Corruption Causes Outrage in Spain Can internet activism turn into a real political movement? Happy reading!
France: a housing market designed for the rich
February 2nd, 2013 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Froggy News, Warning signs | 4 Comments »
What’s wrong with the French Housing market? It favors the rich in many ways.
