Daily Archives: November 24, 2012

The trillion-euro question must wait

November 24, 2012 By in Austerity, Business Administration, Cost Cutting, Cost Reduction, Euro Crisis, Growth, ordoliberalism, Politics Tags: , , , , , , Leave a comment
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Eurocrat (Photo credit: Eoghan OLionnain)

Combined flags of the European Union

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This is an excellent editorial from the FT. Check it out!

The you think? trillion-euro question must wait – FT.com.

Personally, I agree with the article that it’s sensible to protect programs that are effective and in times of austerity to focus on cutting the costs of the Eurocrats. However, I disagree with an instrumentalist approach to budgeting. It’s time for a zero-based type review that

The legislative triangle of the European Union

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would take a hard look at the likes of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

What do you think?

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Tony Blair’s passionate plea: we must stay at heart of EU – or face disaster | Politics | The Observer

November 24, 2012 By in Austerity, David Cameron, Euro Crisis, Growth, Politics, Unemployment Tags: , , , , 6 Comments
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English: DAVOS-KLOSTERS/SWITZERLAND, 29JAN09 -...

English: DAVOS-KLOSTERS/SWITZERLAND, 29JAN09 – Tony Blair, UN Middle East Quartet Representative; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum captured during the session ‘The Values behind Market Capitalism’ at the Annual Meeting 2009 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 29, 2009. Copyright by World Economic Forum swiss-image.ch/Photo by Remy Steinegger (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

This is a good article from the Guardian. Check it out!

 

Tony Blair’s passionate plea: we must stay at heart of EU – or face disaster | Politics | The Observer.

 

Personally, I strongly endorse Tony Blair’s view.

 

What do you think?

 

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