Current issue: May 2015

… After Greece, who’s next? Iran and Saudi Arabia, strategic balancing act; Germany special report, politics and the euro; crisis in the Mediterranean, what asylum policy? untold stories; Piketty, the wealth of the wealthy, London, playground of the global rich… and more…

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Why Piketty isn’t Marx

by Frédéric Lordon

Thomas Piketty’s thousand-page economics bestseller reduces capital to mere wealth — leaving out its political impact on social and economic relationships throughout history.

Bild: big circulation, loud voice

by Olivier Cyran

The tabloid Bild ran a headline in February — “Stop! No more billions for greedy Greeks” — printed on a European blue background, and appealed to readers to take a selfie with the page and send it to the paper’s website. That was as much to boost (...)

The mullahs’ quiet victory

by Shervin Ahmadi

The end of pacifism?  *

by Philippe Leymarie

The power of raw money

by Rowland Atkinson, Roger Burrows and Simon Parker

Alternative Germany  *

by Dominique Vidal

Waiting to get out — and in

by David Styan

And also ...

Now Ireland and Portugal, too * — The story behind the stories * — Long, sad history of Roma in Spain — US tries to balance Saudi Arabia and Iran * — Germany can’t solve this alone * — Which way out of this mess? * — Don’t argue with demographics *

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