France’s new Socialist President François Holland faces forces that could well undermine his manifesto pledges of growth and rollback before he even gets started. In the article below Martin Feldstein, Professor of Economics at Harvard University and President Emeritus of the National Bureau of Economic Research (extract reprinted with permission) reminds us that it was a [...]

Writer, activist and former French communist, Alain Soral, tells RT that Marine Le Pen is the only real alternative to the socialists and UMP in the upcoming French presidential elections. Alain Soral says neither Nicolas Sarkozy nor his Socialist rival, François Hollande can do what they say they want to do namely save French companies and [...]

So there we have it straight from the banker’s mouth —  Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England has told a British TV channel we —  all of us — are living through the biggest financial crisis the world has ever faced. That is, not the worst in 60 years, not the worst since [...]

“…until banks stop acting as criminal enterprises, and outside agencies thoroughly investigate and fully prosecute banks and their executives for criminal activity, we will continue to move towards a government of the banks, by the banks and for the bankers” “…The clearest manifestation of the financial industry’s power is its ability to consistently avoid criminal [...]