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Turkish Nobel laureate says Erdogan’s insult charges aimed at silencing dissent | Reuters

May 4, 2016 By in Defense Policy, Democracy, Foreign Policy, Immigration, People, Politics Tags: , , , Leave a comment
English: Orham Panuk, Nobel Prize in Literatur...

English: Orham Panuk, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Reuters reports that Turkey is using the charge of insulting President Tayyip Erdogan to intimidate his opponents and silence dissent and that European leaders must take a tougher line with Ankara on free speech, citing Nobel prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk.

Source: Turkish Nobel laureate says Erdogan’s insult charges aimed at silencing dissent | Reuters

Reading this story, both Turkish people and Europeans, especially Germans, need to be worried. Modern Germany traditionally has been a country to champion free speech, so what’s happening?

Let me ask an open question:

Is it time for Germans to say ‘enough’ to Angela Merkel?

Thoughts?

Why Is British Economic Discourse So Bad? – Paul Krugman – NYTimes.com

March 21, 2015 By in Austerity, Business Administration, Central banks, Ed Miliband, Education, Euro Crisis, Fiscal Policy, George Osborne, Growth, Healthcare, Immigration, Keynesian, Neoliberal, People, Politics Tags: , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment
Paul Krugman, Laureate of the Sveriges Riksban...

Paul Krugman, Laureate of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2008 at a press conference at the Swedish Academy of Science in Stockholm (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This article by Nobel Prize winning, liberal, economist, Paul Krugman, writing in his op-ed NYT blog, is well worth a read. Check it out!

via Why Is British Economic Discourse So Bad? – NYTimes.com.

Let me give you a flavor:

Anyway, the sad result is that Britain is going into an election with bad, foolish economics not simply getting a hearing, but being presented by the news media as obvious, unchallengeable truth.

Thoughts?

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