Negative interest rates have a pernicious effect on human beings. They corrode the structures of society, culture and people’s mindsets, triggering widespread resignation and even nihilism.

Rather than having the ECB continue its path of raising just the boats of the rich, it is high time for the delivery of “helicopter money” to everyday Europeans.

We now witness the marks of the inverted universe of ultra-loose monetary policy and lax central banking.

Lebanon’s peaceful revolution faces being crushed by Iran-backed Hezbollah terrified of a new Middle East politics.

This is the first time a ruling party has gone into an election with the slogan “Vote for Us and Become Poorer.”