Live in Kraków 2015 – FULL, uploaded by Mateusz Godek, June 2015:
- part 1/3, 67.50 min;
- part 2/3, 54.48 min;
- part 3/3, 25.54 min; Continuer la lecture de « André Rieu »
Unsettling Encounters – Tourists and Refugees Cross Paths in the Mediterranean
Published on Spiegel Online International, by Özlem Gezer, Frank Hornig, Martin Knobbe, Walter Mayr, Maximilian Popp and Helene Zuber, Aug 7, 2015 (14 Photos in the Gallery – translated from the German by Christopher Sultan).
Two worlds are colliding on the beaches of the Mediterranean this summer: Vacationers looking for relaxation and migrants seeking relief from poverty or warfare. The result is a moral conundrum for Europe. Continuer la lecture de « Unsettling Encounters – Tourists and Refugees Cross Paths in the Mediterranean »
Are the World's Largest Central Banks Independent?
Video on YouTube, 2.36 min, uploaded by csFinancialist, April 5, 2013 … the world’s largest central banks, including the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan, are overseeing unprecedented easing programs *. While the European Central Bank, unlike the BoJ or the Fed, has not purchased large amounts of sovereign debt, it could do so in the future by ramping up its Outright Monetary Transactions (OMT) program. That program allows the ECB to purchase sovereign government bonds on the secondary market, which would be expected to lower interest rates in the event of renewed turbulence in the euro zone. Continuer la lecture de « Are the World's Largest Central Banks Independent? »
La Chanson Française
Mise en ligne par chanson française:
- Georges Brassens the best, 167.28 min, le 9 avril 2015;
- Jacques Brel greatest hits, 43.57 min, le 7 mars 2014; Continuer la lecture de « La Chanson Française »
The Real Cost of Being Poor, reflections from the heartland
Published on Zcommentaries, by Paul Street, Aug 8, 2015.
Serious debates over what the minimum wage should be in various U.S. locales and jurisdictions should start with serious information on what it actually costs to live in the different places where Americans live. Continuer la lecture de « The Real Cost of Being Poor, reflections from the heartland »