Beyond growth - monetising European citizens into poverty
Introduction My dad said to me many times that Europe is the most dangerous part of the world. It took me a while to really fathom his words (I know; I am a slow learner): this continent has spawned not one but two World Wars, and who knows what’s in store for us? The direction in which the EU is now heading is not helping in that historical department. Indeed, at the Beyond Growth Conference, the President of the European Commission Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen gave a speech that is ‘interesting’, to say the least....
