Showing posts with label Grexit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grexit. Show all posts

PODCAST 33: THE GREEK CRISIS & THE CHINESE BUBBLE

With last-minute attempts being made to keep Greece in the Euro and China facing a serious stock market crash, Colin Liddell is joined by Alt-Right's man in the Philippines, Siryako Akda, to discuss the turbulent state of the global economy. Issues raised include the rise of the EU's "invisble empire," the "liquidity killing" tendencies of parsimonious Orientals, and whether global capitalism has finally run out of road. Is the World getting ready for an autarkic Winter, and if so will liberal leftism be the first luxury chucked overboard?




THE GREEK CRISIS: AN INSIDE VIEW

Nothing has been decided, yet (Angela is still thinking). 


The referendum in Greece stunned most of the Greek media who did not expect a landslide victory for the “No” side. After one week of capital controls, with banks not opening and long queues at the ATMs to extract a daily allowance of 60 Euros, many thought that the result would be much, much closer. But despite these measures, which, it was thought, would promote caution among voters, the “No” vote apparently soared in the last few days. Now, a lot of people think that it was exactly this kind of pressure that made many Greeks swing to the “No” side.

FLEAS BEG DOG FOR MORE TIME


by Aesop

In a recent meeting between the newly-elected King of the Fleas and the Dog, it was agreed that the Fleas could stay on the Dog’s hairy back for another four months, but only if they followed strict conditions.