Today marks the anniversary of a fateful day in the history of the Western world. On March 15, 44 BC, a group of Roman senators assassinated Gaius Julius Caesar. Caesar, dictator for lifetime, was seen by these senators, many of whom were personally indebted to him, as a tyrant and a threat to Roman liberty. His death was supposed to restore the
On September 24, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (UKSC) has declared the Prime Minister Johnson’s move to prorogued Parliament from the September 9 or 12 to October 14 was unlawful and that Parliament was not prorogued ( 2019 UKSC 41 ). An article on the Mises Wire (Ryan McMaken on 09/24/2019) has commented on this ruling, describing it as
As a reaction to an extremely tight housing market, the government of the German capital of Berlin has introduced price controls on rents which took effect on June 18, 2019. For the next five years, rents cannot be increased. This interventionist measure, made by a coalition of center-left to left-wing parties, is yet another attempt in a series
Deutsche Bank has recently announced its $8.3 billion restructuring plan to decrease its costs by 25% until 2022 . The bank has already begun slashing jobs and scrapped the dividends for the next two years . 18,000 people will lose their jobs, in particular those working in the bank’s investment branch. The news on this European bank comes amidst
On Friday, Pope Francis delivered a special sermon to pray for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, the depressing scenery of the deserted St. Peter’s Square on the rainy night matched the words of the Holy Father : Thick darkness has gathered over our squares, our streets and our cities; it has taken over our lives, filling everything with a
Riots against police have not only occurred in the US. Two events have spurred a public debate in Germany recently. On the night of June 20 , police officers in Stuttgart stopped a 17-year-old to check for drugs in an area popular with young partygoers. Two to three hundred people in the crowd of bystanders sympathized with the young man and
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