Christine Lagarde a été très claire : l’annulation des dettes publiques contractées en réponse à la crise sanitaire est « inenvisageable ». Elle constituerait « une violation du traité européen qui interdit strictement le financement monétaire des États[1] ». Seule, au milieu de la tempête, la présidente de la BCE entend donc maintenir fermement le cap de l’orthodoxie monétaire, […]
American Institute for Economic Research, March 2, 2021 The Wreckers of New York and their Bitter Rivalry James Bovard What happens when two masters of political illusion seek to dominate the same turf? New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio have prospered by championing disastrous policies that once assured […]
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American Institute for Economic Research, February 24, 2021 Cuomo and the Failure of Covid Absolutism James Bovard New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is falling from grace at epic speed. His administration is now the target of a Justice Department probe for policies that resulted in the death of one out of eight nursing home residents […]
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American Conservative, February 15, 2021 Teachers Unions Have Always Been Terrible Forty years of getting in the way of childrens’ education by James Bovard NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 3, 2020: BLM, UFT and other groups participate in a National Day of Resistance to protest for demands including no reopening of schools, police-free schools, and […]
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Eric Zuesse On February 12th, the New York Times headlined “On W.H.O. Trip, China Refused to Hand Over Important Data” and reported that Chinese scientists refused to share raw data that might bring the world closer to understanding the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, independent investigators for the W.H.O. said on Friday. … Chinese officials […]
Ben Norton traveled to Ecuador to report on the historic February 7 election, which pits a wealthy US-backed right-wing banker against a left-wing economist who pledges to continue the socialist Citizens’ Revolution launched by former President Rafael Correa. In this dispatch, working-class Ecuadorians explain why they support leftist candidate Andrés Arauz and oppose the repressive Washington-allied government of Lenín Moreno. QUITO, ECUADOR – The South American nation of Ecuador is currently suffering through its worst economic crisis in decades. Poverty […]
The piece you are about to read was originally found on The American Thinker. Written by Andrew W. McCoy, it presents the present reality we face in the United States and asks some very good questions. After his piece will be some additional comment. First, Andrew takes the stage: It looks to me as if we are […]
Russian Faith published a piece with big news on several fronts at the same time. The Federation Council Speaker, Valentina Matvienko, noted that the country has no need for COVID-19 Vaccination “Passports”, which would have created a limitation of personal freedoms for those not having such a document. On the medical front and social front, […]
Libertarian Institute, January 26, 2021 Testing Positive for COVID-Bootlicking by Jim Bovard | Jan 26, 2021 The COVID pandemic has shown how easy it is to make people hate anyone who is not as frightened as themselves. Since last March, politicians and health officials have fanned fears to commandeer far more control over Americans’ daily […]
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