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The Economics of happiness

Friday, 9 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

We live in a time of high anxiety. Despite the world’s unprecedented total wealth, there is vast insecurity, unrest, and dissatisfaction. In the United States, a large ...

The Final chapter is yet to be written

Friday, 9 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Our summer has been dominated by the conflict in Libya. This conflict, now in its seventh month, seems to be at its end, although the final chapter is yet to be written...

Ten Years on: still fighting Islamophobia

Thursday, 8 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

September 11, 2001 brought on unimaginable death and destruction, and unfortunately, the public’s response led to more collateral damage than many ...

Rotten To the core

Thursday, 8 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Labour elves are out in force on the internet comments boards to defend the person they consider (deservedly) one of their own – Magistrate Scerri ...

The Euro crisis and Malta (2)

Wednesday, 7 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Though vehemently denied by Malta’s power elites, the decision to adopt the euro in January 2008 was rushed and premature. Apart from all that could be said about the euro being a fair weather construct, from a Maltese perspective the...

Libya: End-game And its aftermath

Wednesday, 7 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The end-game in Libya is now being played out. Only Gaddafi himself and a few pockets of resistance by tribal loyalists remain. In chess, when defeat is ...

The Euro crisis and Malta (1)

Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

The trouble being experienced by the eurozone is not likely to go away soon. Right from the start, the establishment of the euro was a political project. It still is, embodying the prestige and power of ...

‘Environmental Crimes’

Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

One does not necessarily need to be a tree hugger to realise that a number of crimes are often committed where the main victim happens to be our own environment...

Europe’s Small steps and giant leaps

Monday, 5 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

The world was expecting Eurobonds to come out of last week’s Franco-German summit; instead, the eurozone will get economic governance...

Has Air Malta Spent it all?

Monday, 5 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The €52 million rescue package to Air Malta is all about public money being channelled to the national airline to keep it flying...

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