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George Dorgan (penname) predicted the end of the EUR/CHF peg at the CFA Society and at many occasions on SeekingAlpha.com and on this blog. Several Swiss and international financial advisors support the site. These firms aim to deliver independent advice from the often misleading mainstream of banks and asset managers. George is FinTech entrepreneur, financial author and alternative economist. He speak seven languages fluently.
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Yanis Varoufakis on Iran Nuclear Deal Demise, US Trade Negotiations, Europe’s Far Right & Capitalism

2018-05-23

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Yanis Varoufakis on Iran Nuclear Deal Demise, US Trade Negotiations, Europe’s Far Right & Capitalism Yanis Varoufakis: Is Capitalism Devouring Democracy? Yanis Varoufakis on Talking to My Daughter About the Economy | The New School } yanis varoufakis yanis varoufakis wife yanis varoufakis book yanis varoufakis politics and prose yanis varoufakis blog yanis varoufakis adults …

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Eurosceptic Italian government faces a reality check

2018-05-22

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2018-05-22

With the putative M5S-League government publishing its final common programme, we take a look at the road ahead for the Italian economy and for Italian government debt.We expect negative noise surrounding the Italian budget to intensify initially, but believe that negotiations with Brussels will result in compromises eventually, including dilution of the incoming Italian government’s fiscal easing measures. The biggest risks lie with the proposed...

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Italy Defies Gravity and Risk to Fiscal Rectitude

2018-05-22

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2018-05-22

Italian asset markets continue to fare better than many expected. The political uncertainty following the March election has been followed by confidence that the Five Star Movement and the (Northern) League will be able to put together a government in the coming days. If so, Italy would have taken half the time Germany did to cobble a government together after inconclusive elections.

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154 Ökonomen stellen sich gegen Haftungsunion – Prof. Hans-Werner Sinn warnt vor hohen Risiken

2018-05-21

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Artikel unter: https://goo.gl/1RVPQX Die europäische Währungs- und Bankenunion dürfe nicht “noch weiter zu einer Haftungsunion” ausgebaut werden, heißt es in einem Aufruf von 154 Wirtschaftsprofessoren. Auch Prof. Hans-Werner Sinn warnt vor hohen Risiken....

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A Brief History of Capitalism. Yanis Varoufakis Interview

2018-05-21

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Nomiki Konst (TYT Politics) interviews former Greek Finance Minister and Greek Member of Parliament Yanis Varoufakis. Get ‘Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism’ here: http://a.co/eXqqRNt Like this interview? Enough that you want to throw a little Bitcoin our way? Great! Do it here: https://www.coinbase.com/TYT For more interviews, subscribe TYT …

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DAX: Kursziel!

2018-05-21

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► TIPP: Sichere Dir wöchentlich meine Tipps zu Gold, Aktien, ETFs & Co. – 100% gratis: http://lars-erichsen.de/ Ihr wollt ein Kursziel für den Dax? Bekommt ihr, in diesem Video. Los geht´s! ——– ➤ Link zum Video: “DAX: Jetzt kaufen?”: https://youtu.be/aZMezXySp2U ➤ Mein YouTube-Kanal zum Thema Trading: http://youtube.com/tradermacherde ➤ Folge mir bei Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ErichsenGeld/ ➤ Folge …...

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Barbados Economic Debate – Yanis Varoufakis on Devaluation

2018-05-18

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“Keeping to the peg and trying to adjust to place the whole burden of the adjustment on fiscal accounts is what brought Southeast Asia down…” – Former Greek Min. of Finance Yanis Varoufakis comments on fiscal adjustment without devaluation. View the entire Barbados Economic Debate 2018 here: https://marladukharan.com/webcast/barbados-economic-debate-webinar/

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Yanis Varoufakis – Talking to My Daughter About the Economy

2018-05-18

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Yanis Varoufakis author of “Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works-and How It Fails” recorded May 15, 2018 at University Temple United Methodist Church in Seattle, WA.

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Europe chart of the week – Italy’s fiscal buffers

2018-05-18

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2018-05-18

The incoming government’s fiscal plans could result in a sharp deterioration of Italy’s public finances. However, broader fiscal metrics are better than they were during the euro sovereign crisis.The M5S-League coalition has committed to a significant degree of fiscal easing and to the reversal of some structural reforms. Such policies will put Italy on course for confrontation with Brussels over deficit reduction targets, although at this stage we...

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Yanis Varoufakis Against Amazon – Standing Up to The Tech Giants

2018-05-17

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Recorded May 15th, 2018 Yanis Varoufakis – Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works–and How It Fails – https://amzn.to/2S7oUO8 Yanis Varoufakis served as Minister of Finance of Greece in during one of the most dramatic periods in the country’s modern history. He has since gone on to be a leading anti-austerity …

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Yanis Varoufakis: Is Capitalism Devouring Democracy?

2018-05-17

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In is address to the Cambridge Forum in Massachusetts, Economist and fierce EU critic Yanis Varoufakis considers the need for a radically new way of thinking about the economy, finance and capitalism. WGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideas (Thumbnail Photo: Marclozanobosch/Flickr) Like us: http://facebook.com/wgbhforum Tweet with us: http://twitter.com/ForumNetwork See …

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Bitcoins & Co verbieten? Bofinger vs. Sinn – WISO | ZDF

2018-05-17

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Zwei Köpfe, ein Thema und jeweils 90 Sekunden Redezeit: das ist “Bofinger mit Sinn”. Thema dieser Folge: Bitcoin und Co. verbieten? Alle Filme von WISO und Infos gibt es hier http://ly.zdf.de/tUc/ Abonnieren? Einfach hier klicken https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjCbe-qZ4SW10SkXdPm7hPQ/?sub_confirmation=1 WISO bei Facebook: https://de-de.facebook.com/ZDFwiso/ WISO bei WhatsApp: http://ly.zdf.de/Ooc9w/ WISO bei Twitter:...

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Heiner Flassbeck – Gesellschaft zwischen Kunst und Ökonomie

2018-05-16

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Hier das Nachgespräch zu “Warten auf Godot” am 19.01.2018 in der Tribüne Linz. Wir haben eine arbeitsteilige Gesellschaft. Wir sind aufeinander angewiesen, wir funktionieren nur als „Wir“. Was bedeutet es, wenn dieses „Wir“ zur bloßen Behauptung wird? Was wäre echte Solidarität? Hieße das nicht, gemeinsam Veränderungen herbeizuführen, sich zu bewegen? Die Notwendigkeit des Handelns liegt …

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Vorsicht DAX-Aufsteiger!

2018-05-16

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► TIPP: Sichere Dir wöchentlich meine Tipps zu Gold, Aktien, ETFs & Co. – 100% gratis: http://lars-erichsen.de/ Vorsicht Dax-Aufsteiger: Wie ist das gemeint? Schließlich ist es doch ein Ritterschlag, wenn ein Unternehmen aus der zweiten Reihe, in den Dax aufgenommen wird. Zahlreiche Fondmanager müssen dann kaufen, keine Frage. Ob und wie Privatanleger davon profitieren können, …

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Italien und Stabilität werden sich nie ineinander verlieben

2018-05-16

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Italien hat zwar nach Griechenland bereits die höchste Staatsschuldenquote der Eurozone. Doch ist die neue Regierung in Rom überzeugt, dass nur noch viel mehr Schulden das Land aus seiner immer noch schwelenden Wirtschaftskrise befreien können. Grundsätzlich kann die Stabilitätskriterien verpflichtete EU dieser unsoliden Haushaltspolitik nicht zustimmen. Wer soll die neuen Schulen überhaupt finanzieren? Steht bei …

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Swiss Producer and Import Price Index in April 2018: +2.7 percent YoY, +0.4 percent MoM

2018-05-15

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2018-05-15

Switzerland Producer Price Index (PPI) YoY, Jun 2013 - May 2018
The Producer and Import Price Index increased in April 2018 by 0.4% compared with the previous month, reaching 102.8 points (December 2015 = 100). The rise is due in particular to higher prices for petroleum products and machinery. Compared with April 2017, the price level of the whole range of domestic and imported products rose by 2.7%.

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Markus Miller – Prof. Hans-Werner Sinn: 46 Prozent des deutschen Auslandsvermögens sind verloren!

2018-05-15

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Ausführlicher Artikel unter: https://goo.gl/DuPT45 Das Target-2-System hält die Europäische Union und das Bankensystem noch am Leben – Die EZB ist bei den Wertpapieraufkaufprogrammen längst zur verdeckten Staatsfinanzierung übergegangen....

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Yanis Varoufakis on Lost U.S. Credibility in Middle East, from Iran Deal to Israel Embassy Move

2018-05-14

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https://democracynow.org – In the latest economic fallout from President Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the landmark Iran nuclear agreement, top White House officials said Sunday that the Trump administration is prepared to impose sanctions on European companies that do business with Iran. We get response from former Greek Finance Minister Yanis …

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Buffetts Favoriten: Apple & Co.

2018-05-14

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► TIPP: Sichere Dir wöchentlich meine Tipps zu Gold, Aktien, ETFs & Co. – 100% gratis: http://lars-erichsen.de/ In diesem Video wollen wir uns das Portfolio von Altmeister Warren Buffett mal etwas genauer anschauen. Apple ist seine Nummer 1, das ist kein Geheimnis und ich beantworte euch die Frage, ob die Aktie momentan einen Kauf wert …

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Swiss unemployment lower than it’s been in years

2018-05-12

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2018-05-12

The Swiss unemployment rate was 2.7% in April – a level last seen in July 2012. Last month, 119,781 people were registered as without work in Switzerland – 10,632 fewer than the previous month. This brought the overall unemployment rate down from 2.9% in March to 2.7% in April, reported the State Secretariat for Economic Affairsexternal link on Tuesday.

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