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Growth pact - France, Chile & Sweden
With the new French winds blowing at the Elysée, the debate on a growth pact gathers momentum: briefly “piano piano” on austerity and public investment providing the growth kicker EMU urgently needs. Also the IMF issued some warnings earlier on that moving too quickly on austerity might in the end even be counterproductive. The ...
Travel Log : "Bom Dia de Sao Paolou !!" - The magical fig-tree
"You there Tityre, lying on your lazy butt, stretched out under the figtree." (Virgile, Bucholica). Being now in Brazil, this comes to my mind for various reasons.
Travel Log : "Mas, Mas que Nada..."
Oooooh, ari rai, ooooh, oh bah o bah o bah , mas que nada....Late Wednessday we made a U-turn and swapped grey Sao Paolo for Rio. And the state of Rio has it all, key area and vital for the future of Brazil.
Falende staten
Ecuador heeft zijn (verkiezings)belofte gehouden en faalt op de terugbetaling van zijn leningen. Daarmee is het land nog slechts 4 defaults verwijderd van de absolute koploper, Spanje. Maar in de moderne tijd is Ecuador toch de recordhouder van de defaults, samen met Turkije en Uruguay.















