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Argentina Versus the World Bank: Fair Play or Fixed Fight?

19th September 2016 Tony Phillips 0

Americas Program Special Report, By Tony PhillipsOriginally at cipamericas.org http://www.cipamericas.org/archives/1434 Español traducido : Argentina versus el Banco Mundial: ¿Juego limpio o partido arreglado?Traducido por: Annette Ramos Americas Program, Center for International Policy (CIP) Perspectives on the ICSID and Argentina’s Debt […]

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How do you like them apples?

2nd September 2016 Tony Phillips 0

13 Billion? Lucky for some… (2016) Cork is a pretty city on the river Lee in the south of Ireland where I lived for part of my childhood. Cupertino in the Silicon Valley is the HQ of Apple Inc. As […]

Greece; Deathplace of Democracy

29th June 2015 Tony Phillips 0

 The word Referendum comes from the Latin referre (to bring back) and demos is Greek for the people as a political unit; demos is the root of the word Democracy; so a referendum brings a decision back to the people. […]

2012 book / What if Ireland Defaults

2nd May 2013 Tony Phillips 0

Country StudiesCh. 7. The Russian Crisis and the Crisis of RussiaConstantin GurdgievCh. 8. Iceland: The Accidental HeroElaine Byrne and Huginn F. ?orsteinssonCh. 9. Irish Public Debt: A View through the Lens of the Argentine DefaultTony PhillipsCh. 10. Coring out the […]

Publication in TheJournal.ie

2nd May 2013 Tony Phillips 0

Column: Ireland has no option but to play hardball. So why aren?t we? (click on the link above to see full article) [excerpted from TheJournal.ie] Terrible task A small nation taking action against such powerful interests faces a terrible task. […]

A Call to Action

19th June 2012 Tony Phillips 0

Medium-sized EU economies (Spain and Italy) are facing an attack from the speculative bond markets. This has pushed the cost of state bonds above 4%, a rate that is unsustainable in the medium term. Acting Prime Minister Monti demanded help […]