EU politics
Richard Murphy: The EU Competition Commissioner’s welcome move against UK government tax abuse
It appears the EU is to investigate into a British government scheme that may help multinational corporations pay less tax. Read here
Year: 2017
EU politics
Tax Justice Network – The story of a tax haven: Cyprus
Its a long read, but gives a good overview of Cyprus as an EU tax haven. Read here
Uncategorized
The Guardian: World’s witnessing a new Gilded Age as billionaires’ wealth swells to $6tn
Billionaires increased their combined global wealth by almost a fifth last year to a record $6tn (£4.5tn) – more than twice the GDP of the UK. There are now 1,542 dollar billionaires across the world. […]
EU politics
Corporate Europe Observatory – Carmageddon: EU driving financial markets the wrong way
The EU is about to adopt new rules that will help trade in securitised loans, the very financial instruments that were a main cause the 2008 financial crisis. Despite warning signs of a new ‘subprime […]
EU politics
Heiner Flassbeck – Thank god, it’s over
Wolfgang Schäuble is no longer Finance Minister of Germany – and de facto of Europe. Following eight years of misguided and destructive policy Europe is trying to extricate itself from Schäuble’s failed legacy. The very […]
Austerity
George Monbiot: Look to Sheffield: this is how state and corporate power subverts democracy
The destructiveness and reach of neo-liberalism is made clear in this piece by George Monbiot. It is a question of felling some trees in the city of Sheffield in the UK, but one can see […]
EU politics
Chris Dillow – Capitalist triumphalism: a brief history
Everyone has become accustomed to capitalism as the only game in town. Much progressive thought goes towards making it fairer and more socially responsible. Chris Dillow asks if maybe its time is past and we […]
EU politics
New Economics Foundation: Put Drivers in Control
Imagine an Uber run co-operatively by their drivers, collectively controlling their futures, agreeing their own pay and conditions, with profits shared or re-invested. Why this proposal is viable. Read here
Finance
Simon Wren-Lewis: A European Monetary Fund
Wren-Lewis takes a very sobering approach to the idea of creating a European Monetary Fund. The problem is, who should run it? Definitely not politicians, writes Wren-Lewis. He sees the technocrats as the lesser evil. […]
EU politics
Bill Mitchell: The sham of ECB independence
The ECB’s power is disturbing in the sense that its decision makers are unelected and largely unaccountable. It does have to provide reports to the European Parliament but it mostly does what it likes. Worst […]