Economics
The Guardian: From Seattle to Luxembourg: how tax schemes shaped Amazon
The Guardian is doing a series concerning Amazon. This is just one article. Read here
Month: April 2018
EU politics
Brad Setser: Tax Avoidance and the Irish Balance of Payments
An excellent analysis: “Profit shifting by multinational corporations doesn’t distort Ireland’s balance of payments; it constitutes Ireland’s balance of payments.” Read here
Austerity
Larry Elliot: Some praise our gig economy flexibility. I call it exploitation
While Silicon Valley cannot praise the gig economy enough as a great opportunity, they forget to add that it is a great opportunity for them to earn money, not the workers. Read here
Austerity
German Foreign Policy – Germany’s Social Democrats: Further bad news for Greece
The EU hegemon Germany is trying to ensure that no anti-neoliberal policies gain traction in the European Union. It brutally crushed Greece, damning much of its population to poverty, not only to protect its own […]
EU politics
Sergi Cutillas and Pablo Cotarelo – Catalonia in the hands of a German tribunal
This ia a further excellent article explaining the current stand-off between Catalonia and the Spanish government. Sergi Cutillas is an economist and worked in the financial sector before taking up his work as a financial […]
National Politics
Andrea Capussela and Gianfranco Pasquino – After Italy’s vote: The case for a deal between the Democratic Party and the Five Star Movement
Italy’s election produced a fragmented result and there has been intense speculation over the potential government that could emerge from negotiations. Andrea Lorenzo Capussela and Gianfranco Pasquino argue that in a tri-polar parliament dominated by […]
Austerity
Claire Connelly: Dear Tony Blair – the right views on Brexit are wrong
A brilliant article.Claire Connelly is one of the few that realises that Brexit had less to do with the EU than with a society seeking emancipation from the devastation of neo-liberalism and all its political […]
EU politics
DutchNews.nl: Dutch prime minister faces stormy debate over dividend tax memos
EU governments seem to be running a race against time. Before tax evsion laws can be adopted, they will make sure that international coporations have no more taxes to pay. Read here
Corruption
El Pais: Madrid regional premier Cristina Cifuentes quits after video of her shoplifting emerges
This story is a metaphor for much of Europe’s political elite: A master’s degree from a university that had absolutely no basis in reality. All records have been lost. Shoplifting (she claims to have paid […]
EU politics
Tax Justice Network – Taxcast April 2018
In this month’s Taxcast: Tax justice, women and UN human rights conventions: how we may be beginning to hold governments to account. Also: we discuss scandal-hit Facebook’s checks on whether overseas influencers are funding political […]