EU politics
The Guardian: EU doesn’t need the City of London, says chief Brexit negotiator
Bad news for the City of London, but negotiations are a long and tortuous process, full of surprises. Read here
Year: 2018
Economics
Harris Hatziioannou – Eurozone reform: dominion by technocracy?
When mainstream economists seek solutions for the Eurozone the result is always the same: less democracy by reducing the power of nation states and more technocracy. All that results in more neo-liberal policies, inequality, and […]
EU politics
Slugger O’Toole: The media’s inability to tear Corbyn down is no surprise to people in Ireland. Our media has been failing to tear Sinn Féin down for decades.
It is interesting to note that the media maybe never was omnipotent, but also that coporate media’s power is waning in Ireland as most everywhere else. Read here
EU politics
VoxEU: Ashoka Mody – The myth of Franco-German friendship
Since Emmanuel Macron’s election as French president in May 2017, hope has lingered that a mythical friendship between France and Germany will help complete the gaps in the euro area architecture. As this column discusses, […]
Economics
Nicholas Shaxson – How to Crack Down on Tax Havens: Start With the Banks
Fear not, you can read one article for free and this is the one. Read here
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
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 […]