(…) Already at the second meeting in Davos in 1972, the first head of government took part: Luxembourg’s President Pierre Werner presented his “Werner Plan” for a European monetary union. The world-famous rocket scientist Wernher von Braun also made an appearance. The EU Commission took over the patronage of the meeting and also of that […]
The Endgame of Capitalism A giant Ponzi scheme runs its course as elites prepare for the day after How can this be? The world’s major stock markets recorded very strong gains between spring 2020 and summer 2021. In a year in which global economic output suffered a severe slump, in which many millions of people […]
My latest book “Endspiel des Kapitalismus” (The Endgame of Capitalism) was published in October 2021 by Quadriga. The Endgame of Capitalism A giant Ponzi scheme runs its course as elites prepare for the day after The Author (CV) Table of Contents Introduction Reading samples from … World government illustrated: The World Economic Forum The nature […]
3 May 2021 | As part of its rather secretly “announced” cash strategy, the European Central Bank (ECB) has commissioned a working group of interested organizations to catalogue problems of the cash cycle. A clash between banks and the cash industry association is casting doubt on the sincerity of the endeavour.
28 March 2021 | Mario Draghi has recently been put in charge of the Italian government without ever campaigning in a popular election. Have the parties who agreed to that done their due dilligence? Have they read Draghi’s recent guide to „Reviving and restructuring the corporate sector“. It boils down to: Let small companies go […]
12 March 2021 | During the corona crisis, Mastercard has been busy peddling the claim that cash poses a major health threat. But this is a campaign that’s been going on for at least eight years. Hakon von Holst took a closer look at its beginnings. At the center: media that trumpet any interest-driven trash […]
18 November 2020 | The European Central Bank (ECB) is currently asking citizens and (especially) the financial and tech industries how they would like to see the digital euro that the ECB is working on. In bad EU tradition, it is not asking whether we would like it at all. But the survey offers fields […]