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Monthly Archives: March 2013

Energy Literacy 101 – The Energy Equation for Obesity

March 31, 2013by karlstrobl Leave a comment

Here’s a lighter one for a change. No politics, no grand solutions to grand problems, just a playful way to extract a life lesson or two (it will require some […]

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Biosphere, Energy

Interesting Deal for Cyprus

March 25, 2013by karlstrobl 2 Comments

A short update on the deal that was “struck” last night: It is constructive, for it has many desirable features: The disproportionate damage falls on those who took credit risk […]

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Finance

The Final Minutes: Countdown in Cyprus

March 24, 2013by karlstrobl 1 Comment

Before any news may break late today, hopefully on an agreement between the EU and Cyprus, I am, for the first time, starting to feel uncomfortable on how this may […]

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Finance

The Oldest News in the Universe, on the NY Times Front Page!

March 22, 2013by karlstrobl 3 Comments

As I was walking the streets of New York this morning, I had a flash-back into my earlier career, into my particle-physics / cosmology years. There was a new stack […]

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Biosphere, Resources

A Crazy Thought (?) on Cyprus

March 21, 2013by karlstrobl 2 Comments

I am not sure whether I’m going mad, but here is a thought I need to bounce off my readers, as I’m really not sure whether it’s madness or genius: […]

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Finance

Breaking News: EU Statement on Cyprus

March 21, 2013by karlstrobl 2 Comments

I always will try to avoid a “breaking news” section here. I am most definitely not online all the time, so there might be a lot of breaking news I […]

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Current affairs, Finance

Hot or Not? Rumors of Cyprus’ next move

March 21, 2013by karlstrobl 3 Comments

Apparently, the proposal being put together to be presented by the Cypriot president on Thursday (when most of you will be reading this), is that the depositor haircuts are a […]

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Current affairs, Finance

Cyprus, Round Two

March 20, 2013by karlstrobl 5 Comments

Commentary is wildly diverging over whether the Cypriot parliament’s rejection is a big deal or not. Surprisingly many articles predict something like Europe-wide bank runs, Russian Mafia killings, and what […]

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Current affairs, Finance

Cyprus: The State Giveth, The State Taketh Away

March 18, 2013by karlstrobl 4 Comments

All eyes are on the Cypriot parliament. Will they, or won’t they approve the deal that takes a cut from all deposits, including small ones, in order to get the […]

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Current affairs, Demographics, Finance

Smog in Athens: What Price?

March 10, 2013by karlstrobl Leave a comment

What would it be worth to stop Athens polluting its air again like it hasn’t done since the Seventies? Can and should we afford the cost of helping reduce the […]

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Biosphere, Energy
A Bridge to Nowhere; image by Martin Burns (flickr)

From the Fiscal Cliff to the “Terrorism of Exceptions”

March 6, 2013by karlstrobl 2 Comments

In my earlier blog on how the EU manages to have itself over a pork-barrel, I promised to follow on with the example of the US Fiscal Cliff. It is instructive […]

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Demographics, Finance
photo by pixelshoot (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69070275@N03/)

Swiss Exec Pay Curbs: A Totally Different Animal

March 6, 2013by karlstrobl Leave a comment

Following my article on the EU bonus curbs, I got so many comments that — with Switzerland “following suit” — who still believes that these curbs are wrong? This is […]

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Finance

EU Bonus Curbs: The Art of Having Oneself Over a Pork-Barrel.

March 4, 2013by karlstrobl Leave a comment

According to Wikipedia: over a barrel means to be in a predicament or helpless in a situation where others are in control. It seems rather amazing, then, that it is possible […]

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Finance

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