I am a business journalist, blogger, and activist. I write about the debt crisis, monetary system, basic income, and collaborative economy.
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So the greek central bank just announced the cost of the greek bank recapitalization : 27.5bn euros just for the 4 biggest banks, 40 bn overall. That could even top at 50bn, the Bank of Greece admits. This represents about 20% of Greece’s GDP. What a scam, isn’t it? Well, this is actually awesome: just by doing […]
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Current negotiations between the EU and Cyprus’s government towards a bailout deal for over-indebted Cyprus could lead to an important confession from the troika: yes, private investors must and can pay the price of the crisis.
Bankers are the new unemployed in Greece The robot economy and the new rentier class The Power of Sharing in the Internet Economy Icelandic Parliament investigating Full Reserve Banking Young and Educated in France Find Employment Elusive Balancing Innovation And Regulation In The Sharing Economy Happy reading!
Sick and disabled braced for enforced work-for-benefits programme Manufacturing: The new maker rules Why does everyone have to work? Increasing numbers of working people live in poverty, report finds The Economically Out-of-Date Nation-State Happy reading!
What is the most realistic approach for solving the crisis? A long-term plan or short term claims?
There is a simple solution for managing a public banking sector recapitalization without merely giving a free lunch to bankers : distribute equity to the People.
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