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Who is open for business?
It is odd that foreigners buying shares in energy companies excites kiwis so much.
It is odd that foreigners buying shares in energy companies excites kiwis so much.
For a committed market liberal it was a strange experience.
Far, far from the troubles at the home front, Prime Minister John Key was visibly enjoying the military honours and his joint press conference with Chancellor Angela Merkel on his visit to Berlin last week.
Continuing the Target 2 madness prevents the long overdue adjustment of intra-European trade and payment balances.
Aristotle was right. A great city does not need a big population.
If newspaper reports last weekend are to be believed, Germany is pressuring Spain to accept a European bailout.
Vertrauen mag der Anfang von allem sein.
© Dr Oliver Hartwich