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A cuckoo in the nest

The next crisis is as certain as the fact that tomorrow a tram will stop at Paradeplatz, the heart of Switzerland‘s financial sector. What no one knows is just when and from where it will originate in the gigantic and complex financial system.

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Credit Suisse vs. Global South

What does Pakistan have to do with a bank in Silicon Valley which invests short-term client funds in long-term paper, the value of which diminishes when interest rates rise?

On the side of warmongers and crisis profiteers

After the USA, Switzerland is the world’s most opaque financial centre. This is clear from the new Financial Secrecy Index of the Tax Justice Network (TJN).

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Debt crisis: Disaster delayed

The corona pandemic is leading to a global debt crisis. Poor countries of the South are the ones bearing the brunt of it. Despite some multilateral efforts at debt relief over the past two years, the situation is growing steadily worse.

Food speculation: need for regulation

Speculation with food generates huge price swings, which can have dramatic consequences especially for the poorest in the global South.

Recht auf Nahrung

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Olivier de Schutter on food speculation

If food security is to be guaranteed, we must fight financial speculation with agricultural products, says Olivier de Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. In the following an interview.

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Don't forget the developing country debts

The European debt crisis is causing a worldwide stir. It is relegating the precarious debt situation of many developing countries to oblivion. The call for a regulated and fair procedure to resolve impending state bankruptcies remains topical.