Price control: a social emergency
March 31, 2022At 7.3% in March 2022, the rate of inflation in Germany is at its highest since 1981! With the situation being much the same across the whole western world – the whole world full stop even – the legitimate question of price control is now an incisive one. It is imperative to reduce this…
Break up the monopolies to save society
January 20, 2022Just a quarter of a century ago, the maritime industry was heavily regulated. Until a certain powerful cartel led by the three biggest ship owners in the world shook things up by convincing the American authorities to change the rules of the game. However, the 20th century had judged the maritime transport to be…
Biden: a lackey for Big Tech?
January 29, 2021Since Clinton’s second term, the US has done nothing serious to combat the hyperconcentration of companies’ and monopolies’ power. Let’s think back to the anti-trust battle brought by the US Department of Justice against Microsoft at the end of the 1990s. In fact, thereafter the George W. Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations all operated…
Tribute to America
December 24, 2020Dear readers, I have the pleasure of announcing to you my second article in a series of analyses that I wish to dedicate to the United States of America. Here is the first, What the hell’s the presidency for?, published 14 December 2020. All of American history – from 1776 to…