Saturday, February 28, 2015

Austeridade

Fines, sell-offs and subsidy cuts: life under cash-squeezed Isis (Financial Times):

The world’s richest jihadi group is not as flush as it once was, say Syrians who live under its rule. It has cut spending on fuel and bread subsidies, while increasingly shaking down locals for cash. Fighters themselves may be feeling the squeeze, too.

“Isis took some kind of financial hit . . . Some fighters’ salaries were cut, including my nephew,” said a man in the eastern city of Mayadeen, who says an apparent drop in the group’s revenues is making it difficult to cover the cost of its expansion in territory and membership since its lightning offensive last year.

2 comments:

João Vasco said...

Miguel, isto não tem nada a ver com o assunto do post, mas gostaria que desses a tua opinião sobre este texto:

http://blogues.publico.pt/tudomenoseconomia/2015/03/02/rendimento-basico-incondicional-como-quanto-e-para-quem/

É uma crítica do Louçã ao RBI, que pelo que entendi é um tema que te interessa.

Miguel Madeira said...

Eu quando li esse artigo há bocadinho, pensei em escrever um artigo sobre o RBI que há muito estou a pensar em escrever; infelizmente vou provavelmente estar muito ocupado estes dias, pelo que o artigo talvez demore.