Great Expectations, small dispensations
Sunday, 4 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
It has already been two weeks since the Budget speech for 2012 was delivered and during this time, the government has continuously ...
The Curse of litter: are we European or African?
Sunday, 4 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
In one of those insulting asides that have marked the tensions created within Europe by the eurozone debt crisis, one of the tabloid newspapers in ...
The Economic policies of his forefathers
Sunday, 4 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
If you can’t be fagged to listen to a recording of Joseph Muscat’s speeches on Sunday mornings, I’ve found that the best way to get the true gist of what ...
J’accuse: Midnight In Malta
Sunday, 4 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
This week I watched Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen’s latest invitation to an hour or so of light pseudo-intellectual engagement, and enjoyed ...
“All Change”, if we are to progress
Sunday, 4 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
Change is in the air. First we had the Nationalist Party (PN) conference where radical changes in a document, proposing a drastic shift in the party’s thinking, were presented....
Services Without tears
Saturday, 3 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
A famous claim in economics is that the cost of services (such as health care and education) tends to increase relative to the cost of goods (such as food, oil, and machinery)...
The EP As a promoter of democracy
Saturday, 3 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
The European Union’s 27 member states each have their own form of democracy, shaped by their own history and culture...
A South Asian Grand bargain
Friday, 2 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
South Asia is riddled with multiple antagonisms and mutual suspicions. India mistrusts Pakistan, and vice versa. Afghanistan and Pakistan are at loggerheads...
Just Like writing to Santa
Friday, 2 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
This past week the focus was on the budget speech and the measures announced by the government. As usual we had both sides of the same coin being discussed, and the viewers making a somewhat difficult decision...
The Real budget for Gozo
Thursday, 1 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
On a national level, the government budget has the all important task of redistributing resources as well as creating and setting a set of incentives that are deemed necessary to stimulate economic growth and ensure social justice...