Economics
Year: 2017
Climate Crisis
Kieran Cooke – Fossil fuel lobby makes its case in Bonn
While the UN climate talks seek to slow climate change, the fossil fuel lobby still argues the benefits of traditional fuels. Kieran Cooke is a former foreign correspondent for both the BBC and the Financial […]
EU politics
Chris Bambery – How democratic is the Spanish justice system?
While the EU is campaigning against what it sees as an undemocratic justice system in Poland, Chris Bambery points out that the situation in Spain is not much better Chris Bambery is an author, political […]
Corruption
The Guardian: Uber loses appeal in UK employment rights case
This is further good news for workers in their attempt to regulate the gig economy – something that most governments are not doing. Read here
Economics
Charles Adams – The measurement problem in political economy: a solution
It is accepted that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is not fit for purpose, especially in this age of climate change. Charles Adams proposes an alternative. Charles Adams is professor of physics at Durham University in […]
Finance
Tax Justice Network: Enough evidence on trusts – where are the State’s actions?
Our two last papers on trusts (here and here) described trusts’ involvement in grand corruption and other cases that would anger any rational person. The Paradise Papers, and recent case law, shed outrageous new light on trusts’ […]
Climate Crisis
Corporate Europe Observatory – COP23: From the coal mine to the conference centre
The UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn began on 6 November. It is interesting to note that Germany’s reputation as an environmental leader is based on anything but facts. Protestors decided to highlight this hypocrisy. […]
EU politics
Yanis Varoufakis – “BREXIT: What must be avoided and what must be done, now!”
No venue is better suited for a detoxifying discussion on Brexit than The Royal Society, whose motto (Nullius In Verba – On No One’s Word) ought to be the foundation of all rational debate. I was, thus, […]
Finance
Open Markets Institute Calls on the Federal Trade Commission to Block All Facebook Acquisitions
This article deals with the situation in the USA, but Facebook’s is just as ubiquitous and dominant in Europe. The newly formed Open Markets Institute is one of the most important organisations challenging monopolies and […]
Finance
Gabriel Zucman: The desperate inequality behind global tax dodging
Nearly 10% of the world’s wealth is held offshore by a few individuals. The rest of us pay the price for this theft Read here