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Germany
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Identifying Germany’s Actual Problem
I’m a great believer in it being systems which go wrong, not individuals who nominally control them. Russian…
The Glorious German €643 Million Scam On Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway
Around here we’re rather aficionados of the scam. We have to be, having – well, one of us…
Germany’s Constitutional Court Puts The Boot Into The Euro
Germany’s Constitutional Court has rather caused a little problem here. Stripped of the legalisms it’s an insistence that…
Is There Actually Such A Thing As German Pop Music?
Clearly, there must be, as there claim to be practitioners of it. The German comedian Jan Böhmermann once…
There’s unforseen and then there’s unforseen
Quite obviously somethings do indeed have unforseen effects. This must be so otherwise we humans would never make…
Gross Ignorance About Trade Surpluses And The German Economy
Here we go again, it’s all Germany’s fault. They’re running a trade surplus which means that Gotterdamerung will…
The Idiocy Of Banning First Class Train Carriages
If only there were people capable of joined up, adult, thinking when they decide they’d like to come…
Deliveroo Exits Germany – FT Alphaville Misses The Point
Deliveroo has decided not to do business in Germany any more. OK – and FT Alphaville starts to…
Isn’t That European Arrest Warrant A Lovely Thing – Apart From Being Illegal
Back when one of the things I used to complain about was the European Arrest Warrant. It wasn’t…
Of Course Germany Should Keep The Nuclear Plants – What, You Want To Burn Coal?
One of the great idiocies of the environmentalism of our time is the opposition to nuclear power. No,…