Next Crisis: The ECB-induced Sovereign Debt Bubble

By Sam VakninAuthor of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" As 2011 came to a close and in the first months of 2012, the European Central Bank (ECB) initiated a massive injection of liquidity into Europe’s embattled banking system. The ECB provided 3-year...

What Will Happen to My Euros?

By Sam VakninAuthor of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" Investors have lost confidence in the political leadership of the Eurozone: in their commitment to the project, their solidarity, their willingness and ability to adopt unpopular measures, and their ...

Nintendo’s Mario Named Prime Minister Of Italy

Rome - The most famous video game character the world has ever known has been appointed Prime Minister of Italy. In the latest attempt to get Italy’s debt crisis under control, Nintendo’s Mario has been put in...

Germany is Next to Fall

By: Sam Vaknin Editor-in-Chief of Global Politician As the crisis in Italy is threatening to spread to France, Austria, Belgium, and other "solid citizens" of the eurozone, pundits have hitherto ignored the greatest threat: Germany. With its economy stagnant (0.5%...

Convert the Euro into a Candy Bar, Says EU Debt Panel

Brussels - A committee of Europe’s leading economists, bankers and nutritionists have developed a simple solution to end the European debt crisis. They propose converting the Euro from a currency into a candy...

Italy will Kill the Euro - Not Spain or Portugal

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited"Berlusconi's restive and anti-European coalition partners are mulling a contingency plan to pull out of the eurozone and reinstate the lire. Italy is in worse shape than most members of the...

The European Union: Fear-driven, Defensive, and Phobic Project

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" The European project variably known as the European Community and the European Union is driven by fear, not by promise. It is and has always been a phobic, defensive enterprise rather than a hope-filled ...

Overallotment makes GM IPO largest in World backed by Euro Money

The initial public offering of GM (IPO) is the world's largest at $23.1 billion. The underwriters are open to purchase large dividends of stock making the bid higher than the Agricultural Bank of China's IPO at...

why Britain out from the currency union?

Europe is connected with infrastructures like railways, telecom, etc. They have also made currency union, a prerequisite for political union. But Britain did not agree on the currency union. Britain could, at least, be beneficial from FOREX disadvantage. What is the reason...

I've shortened Euro today, chancellor Angela Merkel

Euro was falling consistently till yesterday when it saw gain. But today I've shortened Euro again. And won my trade. Market works both ways – either you buy or sell. But Europe is a sinking ship now with Greece in the front. And Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel have...

UK Bans 500 Euro Note Sales 90% Involved With Crime - Ian Cruxton

500 Euro Note Currency Of Corruption The UK The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has announced that 9 in 10 (90%) of all 500 euro notes in the UK are in the hands of organised crime. This has led all sales of...

Pound falls on Brown resignation

Recent week been a chaotic for Britain. After election political instability have pushed the pound down. And after currency has regained most of it's losses a strike comes again – Brown announced about his resignation. In three hour time pound dropped by 60 points and...

Greece's financial worries European roots

Today Greek prime minister, Giorgos Papandreou is in Russia, yet another stop on an itinerary which has seen him flit across the globe in a desperate bid to secure fresh funding for Greece's troubled economy. ...

Greece's financial woes set to continue

According to Greek prime minister Giorgos Papandreou yesterday's decision by the country's European partners to bail out Athens was a “breath of life”. However, the decision by the EU to rescue their southern...

Freeganism Vs Capitalism

(Note: All the images in this post are a selection of political illustrations I made in the past few months) Freeganism is an anti-consumerist lifestyle whereby people employ alternative living strategies based on...

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