Day: 7 August 2015

Migrant Shame

August 7, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The UNHCR describes the situation on three small Greek islands on which tens of thousands of migrant refugees have landed as chaos. Greece, its economy on the brink,  has no resources to cope and has appealed for EU help. So far none has been forthcoming. This is appalling. According to the UN most of the […]

Interest Rates: A Warning

August 7, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

This blog has always been firmly of the view that interest rates should have started to rise slowly long ago.  Leaving them  at a dysfunctional emergency low of .25% for years and long after the acute emergency which led to their reduction to the lowest level in history, has been a mistake. It means that […]