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Month: October 2017

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Oxfam: “The Heist No One Is Talking About”

October 30, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

When companies are transparent about where they pay tax, we can start holding large global companies to account if it looks like they are making big profits from a country that is seeing little tax […]

National Politics

Matthew d’Ancona: The Catalan dream will not be extinguished by force

October 30, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

“Rajoy’s strategy has been spectacularly unnuanced. At every turn, he has scorned the independence movement as no more than a plot “to liquidate our constitution”, a “criminal” conspiracy, and “a clear violation of the laws, […]

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Richard Murphy – The overthrow of unjust wealth is possible

October 29, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

Richard Murphy explains that while ending wealth distribution disparity may be a revolution, it need not be violent and can be achieved with a good dose of wealth taxation and a willingness to reject the […]

EU politics

Francis Weyzig – The Nasty Four must show their real colours

October 29, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

The Nasty Four are trying to shed their reputation as corporate tax havens, by removing harmful features and bringing their tax systems more in line with international standards. Yet there are worrying signs too. Francis Weyzig is […]

EU politics

OHCHR: UN independent expert urges Spanish Government to reverse decision on Catalan autonomy

October 29, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

The UN Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, Alfred de Zayas, is calling on Spanish authorities to enter into negotiations in good faith with leaders in Catalonia following the […]

Finance

A Sharing Economy: How Social Wealth Funds can Reduce Inequality and Help Balance the Books

October 29, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

Book review by Erica Frazier Cross-posted from the LSE Review of Books blog CEOs in the United Kingdom earn more than 180 times the wages of an average employee. In the six years following the […]

EU politics

The Observer view on independence for Catalonia

October 29, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

The liberal Observer in Britain is of the opinion that the course being steered by the minority Spanish government and supported by the EU with regard to Catalan independence has not been appropriate and should […]

EU politics

Iain Macwhirter: The Catalans united can never be defeated

October 29, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

“What the Spanish state is trying to do is old fashioned, even a little quaint. In the age of liberal democracy, staging what is potentially a military takeover of a rebellious region seems anachronistic, almost […]

EU politics

Simon Jenkins: Catalonia’s independence movement is not just a problem for Spain

October 29, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

Simon Jenkins is of the opinion that the political elite of the EU and Spain are making a right mess of dealing with the Catalans and calls for new approach to autonomy within the EU. […]

EU politics

France 24: Iceland leans to left in snap election

October 29, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

Although the final election results are still nov available, it appears there will be a centre-left coalition government in Iceland. Read here  

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After Nations – The Making and Unmaking of a World Order by Rana Dasgupta

December 28, 2025 0

Reviewed by Branko Milanovic´ This new splendid and beautifully-written book by Rana Dasgupta has as its title After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order. The idea, briefly sketched in the introduction and […]

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Socialist Economics in Yugoslavia – A Critical History by Marko Grdešić and Mislav Žitko

December 3, 2025 0

Book Review by Branko Milanovic´ When on 28 June of 1948 Joseph Stalin wrote a latter on behalf of the Cominform to ask Yugoslavia’s communists to get rid of the “Titoist clique” and to return […]

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