“The rushing Pequod, freighted with savages, laden with fire, […] seemed the material counterpart of her monomaniac commander's soul.” (Herman Melville, 'Moby Dick', 1851) ”We want the great majority of the people of Catalonia to embark with us on this voyage to Ithaca.” (Artur Mas, March 24, 2012) What does Catalan premier Artur Mas really want? Is it a fiscal pact with Madrid that leaves this region in control of its own taxation system? Or is it independence, the threat of which he is using to try to wrestle the fiscal pact from the central government? It is as if his real intentions were inside a closed box. The uncertainty he fosters allows for all kinds of … [Read more...] about Schrödinger’s Catalonia