Finance
John Rapley: Ten Years After: We Blew the Great Crash, Let’s not Waste the Next Crisis
We did not learn from the Great Financial Crisis, and have thereby prepared the ground for the next Read here
Month: September 2017
EU politics
Norbert Häring: Pressure is mounting on Draghi and the G30
Is the European Central Bank President too close to Europe’s banks? Someone thinks so. Read here
EU politics
Chris Dillow – Stumbling and Mumbling: Corbyn’s success: centrists’ failure
Dillow cites the creation of a proletarianized professional cadre as a political game changer in the UK Read here
Corruption
David Pegg: Corrupt Brazilian tycoon among applicants for Portugal’s golden visas
From The Guardian While the EU allows thousands of refugees to drown, member states are selling EU citizenship to millionaires of dubious character Read here
EU politics
George Monbiot: Urge, Splurge, Purge
The demand for perpetual economic growth, and the collective madness it provokes, leads inexorably to environmental collapse Read here
EU politics
Karl Brenke – European Union youth unemployment is hardly decreasing
The EU Commission is claiming success in reducing the number of jobless young people in the European Union. A closer look at the statistics reveals that the situation is anything but positive. Karl Brenke […]
EU politics
Fran Boait and Stan Jourdan – 10 years after the financial crisis: Central banks need an overhaul
Ten years on from the outbreak of the Great Financial Crisis Fran Boait and Stan Jourdan evaluate the policy of central banks since then and propose reforms of the European Central Bank that are necessary […]
EU politics
Bill Mitchell – billy blog: Jean-Claude Juncker in denial and somewhat delusional
With regard to EU-Commission President jean Claude Juncker’s speech concerning the future of the EU last week Mitchell writes: “Juncker’s speech displayed the usual mixture of hubris, denial and error-prone behaviour that has defined his […]
Finance
Alex Cobham: KPMG And The False Objectivity Of The ‘Big Four’
From the Huffington Post It’s time to recognise them for what they are or we’ll continue getting stung, says economist and Chief Executive of the Tax Justice Network, Alex Cobham. Read here
EU politics
The Big Brotherhood
Claims that digital giants have eroded privacy are widespread. But are they encroaching on our freedom too? Philip Pettit is Professor of Politics and Human Values at Princeton and Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at […]