The Malta Independent 1 September 2026, Tuesday
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Bank Regulation’s capital mistake

Thursday, 14 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Imagine that the arguments triggered by the Hindenberg disaster were about the fire extinguishers and parachutes that airships should carry, rather than about the design flaws that might cause them to ignite...

A Tale of two defaults

Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Once upon a time, there was a country plagued by large deficits, high inflation, and decades of economic stagnation. When economic problems once again became particularly acute...

Courtesy On the Maltese roads

Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

About eight months ago, my friend Peter Ripard was injured in a horrific and mindless bomb attack on the offices of Transport Malta in Sa’ Maison...

A Clockwork chemistry

Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

In Anthony Burgess’s novella (and Stanley Kubrick’s film) A Clockwork Orange, Alex, an unrepentant psychopath...

What Is the next administrative error?

Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

There was a time when the PN were masters of spin. Nowadays hard as they might try, they seem to be unable to even communicate with themselves and work in tandem as a team...

Gambling, The other side of the coin

Monday, 11 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

This quote encapsulates the philosophy underlying gambling activities. In one’s life, one way or another, everyone might encounter the opportunity to be involved in some sort of gambling...

A Reality check

Monday, 11 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

The ongoing divorce debate, the gaffe of the ministerial salary raise and the delusions brought about by the new transport system are providing enough food for alienation from more important issues that are affecting family life and our quality of living....

Should Gonzi Do a Berlusconi?

Sunday, 10 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

If anyone had told us just a year ago, when tourist arrivals blossomed after a year of crisis and recession, and when we were all so excited that arrivals at MIA kept increasing by ...

Heroes Who sit on the fence

Sunday, 10 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Going by what they have told reporters, it looks like a good third of MPs, almost all of them on the Nationalist Party’s side, will be sitting it ...

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