Friday, 15 October 2010

Fighting The Red Sludge

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A Nobel Prize goes to a Chinese: Peking’s revealing reaction. Charging Geert Wilders. The schnitzel tax. A tale about ecological Socialism and dirty capitalism.

1. The Nobel committee gave the prize to a Chinese dissenter. One is reminded of the choice of the Soviet dissident Solzhenitsyn. In this case, however, the Committee faced more than it did in the 70s. Already during the assessment stage, China aggressively warned against giving the award to its trouble maker-in-residence.

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Tax Competition: Swiss Lessons From The Belgian Constitutional Debacle

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It is more than four months now since the elections, and the formation of a Belgian government seems further away than ever. Walloon and Flemish politicians are diametrically opposed on a new Finance Act. The degree of regional fiscal autonomy is the discordant issue.

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