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How Bad Is It? Check Out Europe
It is certainly worse abroad than here. As Dale pointed out, if this is a failure of the “free market” why is Europe, which is very tightly regulated, having a worse time than we are? Ambrose...
View ArticleSo Again, Why Are We Headed Down The Same Road?
In a little noted Financial Times article yesterday, it reported: The European Union’s public debt could by 2014 rise to 100 per cent of gross domestic product – a year’s economic output – unless...
View ArticleWelfare State In Crisis
The bailout of Greece may not work. Spain is teetering on the edge of serious financial doom. The Euro is taking a beating. And the banks of Europe are not looking too healthy overall. Meanwhile, here...
View ArticleIrony: Biofuels may be 167% more polluting than fossil fuels
Even more irony – the groups lining up against the EU’s energy targets mandating the use of biofuels are not who you would expect: Energy targets for 23 of the EU’s 27 members suggest 9.5 percent of...
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Observations: The QandO Podcast for 13 Oct 11
In this podcast, Bruce Michael, and Dale discuss Obama’s “Americans are lazy” comment, the failing EU. and the presidential race. The direct link to the podcast can be found here. As a reminder, if you...
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Observations: The QandO Podcast for 27 Nov 11
This week, Bruce Michael, and Dale record talk about the implications of Germany’s failed bond auction. The direct link to the podcast can be found here. As a reminder, if you are an iTunes user, don’t...
View ArticleHalf Solutions Will Not Work
Brett Arends is skeptical about Europe’s current direction: Their proposal is preposterous. Anything can happen in this life, but it would be remarkable indeed if this idea got off the ground. Anyone...
View ArticleHow to start a trade war in one easy step
Decide, as the EU has, to unilaterally impose a carbon tax on airlines and watch what happens: China has warned the European Union to abandon its controversial carbon tax on airlines or risk provoking...
View ArticleHere come the Euro credit downgrades
The credit rating companies have had a number of European countries on a credit watch for a while. And they made it pretty clear that what the leaders of the EU had cobbled together late last year...
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Observations: The QandO Podcast for 29 Jan 12
This week, Bruce, Michael, and Dale talk about the SOTU speech, Republican race, and slow collapse of the EU. The direct link to the podcast can be found here. As a reminder, if you are an iTunes...
View ArticleGreece goes cold turkey
And no, that’s not a joke about Turkey. What you’re seeing in Greece is what you see in any drug rehab program … the results of withdrawal. In this case, the addiction isn’t to heroin or cocaine, but...
View ArticleEurope discovers its gas problem
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has declared the G8 to be dead, thanks to Russia’s take over of the Crimea: German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared the Group of Eight leading nations defunct given the...
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Observations: The QandO Podcast for 24 Jun 16
Brexit wins, as the 52% of the British electorate who are clearly virulent racist nativists vote to leave the European Union. This week’s podcast is up on the Podcast page.
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