Republished with permission on Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Read the article in its original form on Advisor Perspectives By Michael Edesess A foundational principle of modern economics is that the creation of credit leads to economic growth. That precept underlies need for quantitative easing, and it is central to the question of what role [...]
The Pirate Party Knows Where the Money Is
May 16, 2012 By
Republished on Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Al Jazeera English, May 14, 2012 See the article on the original website By Dean Baker One of the oddities of recent election results in Germany and elsewhere in northern Europe is the rise of the Pirate Party. This party received 7.8 percent of the vote in North [...]
Round One to Radical Left, Round Two to Europe?
May 12, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Apostolis Fotiadis ATHENS, May 12, 2012 (IPS) – Kosmas Bitros (29) didn’t "believe in politics and in elections as a way of changing society". Still, he showed up at the ballot boxes for the first time last Sunday to cast a vote against austerity in the [...]
Tangled Web of Corruption Debilitates Mexico
May 10, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Emilio Godoy MEXICO CITY, May 10, 2012 (IPS) – Although Mexico has signed several multilateral anti-corruption agreements, so far these instruments have yielded few concrete results in combating the rampant bribery, extortion and embezzlement, according to experts. "We have the necessary legal instruments, but they are rarely [...]
