One of the best things to come out of the Scotland vote is that it has sent the message that regional governments are entitled to vote on secession measures.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29163983
Back in the 1990s is was assumed that any argument in favor of secession would produce “the balkans”
So, will Scotland and the Rump UK begin shooting each other? That seems unlikely.
The seceeding entity is too small to be “economically viable.” Well, we all know how Hong Kong, Singapore, Luxembourg and Monaco are all dirt-poor economic baketcases, don’t we?
This year’s silly Copenhagen Zoo controversy reminded us that, when it comes to animal care, people have difficulty thinking clearly. NPR’s Planet Money ran an interesting piece this morning about animal barter among zoos.
As Sweden is heading for the polls to elect rulers for the next four-year term on Sunday, it looks like there will be a bunch of winners: the racist party, the feminist party, the green party, and the communist party. The other parties, which are more Sweden-style mainstream, seem to lose, which will leave the parliament in a sort of deadlock with two “blocs” with only minority influence - dependent on at least one of the former parties (likely two - maybe even three).
Back when Quebec was weighing secession from Canada, I was a lowly American undergrad living in Montreal. It was an exciting time, since in America we have our railroads torn up and population starved when we secede. Now that Scotland is going through the motions, I figured I’d stir the pot, economically.
Dr. David Rapp (Mises U, 2013) writes:
I received my Ph.D. from Saarland University in Saarbruecken, Germany in May 2014 (grade: summa cum laude) and right now I am a visiting professor at Grove City College, Grove City, PA at Dr. Herbener’s invitation. I will be staying at Grove City College for the fall semester, conducting research and teaching the course “Investment Theory and Business Valuation.”
New EU stimulus measures will begin next month with aggressive purchases of asset-backed securities and covered bonds, and will eventually increase the ECB balance sheet by approximately €1 trillion. Among their touted benefits—higher asset prices, increases in bank lending and employment, rivers of milk and honey—many expect an upswing in exports, as the depreciation of the euro will make them cheaper and more attractive to foreigners. In fact, because Eurozone monetary inflation lagged behind the Japan and the U.S.
