French Press doesn’t get the Irish crisis
French press get it wrong about the so called “deal” reached by the Irish government with the ECB and European Commission.
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French press’ mistaken view on the Irish promissory notes deal
On Thursday, the Irish government announced that it reached a deal about the promissory notes issue, that forces Ireland to pay 3,06 bn euros on march 31st. But this deal actually does not defer any payment neither relieves Ireland from its heavy debt burden. In France, the only newspaper that reported about this information was Les Echos. But their paper is such a misleading
» Read moreWhy collaborative finance struggles to emerge in France
Legal limbo, conservativeness of monetary authorities, and lobbying from traditional actors: tomorrow’s finance startups struggle to emerge in France. Read my investigation on the topic here (in french).
» Read moreIceland is misunderstood
In my last contribution for MyEurop.info, i explain why the icelandic bankruptcy case and the last referendum are highly misunderstood.
» Read moreA basic income for all? Beyond utopia, the reality of several experiments
In a paper written for the french magazine Basta!, I review several experiments of implementations of a basic income scheme. These experiments provide a lot of interesting facts.
» Read moreThe case for a basic income in Greece
Defaulting on its debt and exiting the eurozone is certainly the best thing to do for Greece now. However, this won’t fix all the damages Greece experienced these last years of economical dictatorship. Greece needs more than that. Greece needs a new hope: a basic income scheme.
» Read more[Interview] Ben Dyson: “Politicians don’t understand the monetary system”
Here is the english version of an interview with Ben Dyson, founder of Positive Money, an action tank based in London that campaigns for a radical monetary reform. This interview was originally conducted for MyEurop. What does Positive Money advocates for ? Basically, what we claim and denounce is the fact that the vast majority of money is created by
» Read moreIreland’s financial black hole
In this whole debt crisis mess, Ireland is widely forgotten by the media. However, far from being recovering from the banking crisis, the country is still struggling to reduce its public debt, highly related to the bailout of the banking system. At the epicenter of the issue, there is Anglo Irish Bank, first financial institution to collapse in 2008. The
» Read moreDebtocracy, a counter-story of the Greek crisis
An interview with Aris Hatzistefanou, co-author of a documentary that dismantles many prejudices on the origin of the greek debt.
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