To Be Young, Spanish And Unemployed
As autumn gives way to winter, Spain, like much of Southern Europe, just keeps getting hotter and hotter… and it has nothing to do with global warming! As you will no doubt gather, prospects for the...
View ArticlePolitical Trust in Spain at Lowest Point Since Franco
“An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.” The above quote is from the 19th century American senator Simon Cameron, who served as Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary for War for...
View ArticleNightmare Before Christmas for Spanish Banks
The European Court of Justice refused to listen. The European Court of Justice just delivered a landmark ruling that could cost Spanish banks – or Spanish taxpayers, in case of another bailout –...
View ArticleSpain's Population Is Shrinking At 72 People Per Day
Cross-posted from Zero Hedge Since the economic crisis of 2008, Spain has seen a steady trend of increasingly fewer births. In the first half of 2016, 12,998 more people died than were born in Spain...
View ArticleSpain’s Government Presses Property-Bubble Rewind Button
Taxpayer-funded subsidies to benefit banks, real estate agencies, construction companies, PE firms, and landlords. After spending the last few years groggily getting back onto its feet following the...
View ArticleThe Backlash to Spain’s New Property Boom Has Begun
When locals can’t afford to live there anymore. Spain is in the grip of a property boom. Whereas the last bubble was driven largely by the rampant construction and sale of new homes, with the country...
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