Tag: crisis

Belgian Asylum Chaos: Thousands Left To Roam the Streets

“This will have deleterious effects in Brussels, and not just around the Midi Station,” Brussels Minister Alain Maron warned after the government decided to stop giving shelter to male asylum-seekers.

Degrowth Is Growing, From Top and Bottom

Degrowthers want to slow down the global social and economic ‘metabolism’ by prioritising human need as the purpose for production instead of growing GDP.

Conquering Without a King: Drawing Lessons from Biblical Monarchy

The Bible recommends that kings be anointed after the conquest of their realm. Institutions are not to be founded in the throes of a crisis, which would result in their legitimising themselves through that crisis and so perpetuating it.

Useful Crisis: European Union Looking at New Emergency Powers

One of the fundamental laws of government powers is that they always invite mission-creep expansion. Laws that begin their lives as benevolent instruments for the common good can easily morph into tools of power for the sake of power itself. As the EU Commission finalizes its proposal for a Single Market Emergency Instrument, the citizens of the EU are well advised to keep themselves informed of that proposal.