Corruption
Prem Sikka: After decades of following a failed economic model, we need to reshape the state
The neo-liberal state has become a guarantor of corporate profits and engineer for increased inequaltiy . This has to change. . Read here
Year: 2018
EU politics
El Nacional.Cat: Catalan parliament renews constitutional challenge in declaration of rupture
A good insight into how the political process in Catalonia´s parliament is progressing with regard to indpendence. Catalan parliament renews constitutional challenge in declaration of rupture Read here
Corruption
Andrea Capussela – Illegality and Italy’s new government
Andrea Capussela has the courage to address probably the greatest threat to democracy in Europe: corruption. One can safely claim that in Germany there is hardly a major law or government contract, which is not purchased […]
Corruption
Steven Forti – Catalonia: With Sánchez there could be a thaw in relations with Spain
Steven Forti looks at the political changes in Spain and the consequences they may have, especially with regard to his meeting on Saturday with the Catalan president Quim Torra. Steven Forti is Researcher at the […]
EU politics
Richard Murphy – Ireland’s playing games in the last chance saloon of tax justice
The article in the Irish Times may have looked promising, but as Richard Murphy explains: The real tax issue in Ireland is still being denied. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, […]
EU politics
Carlo Clericetti – War on the last, while cheating the second-to-last
The consequence of neo-liberalism be it from the left or right, is racism, which is one of the main tools of fascism. Carlo Clericetti is an Italian journalist. In the past he has directed “Affari […]
Economics
Mathew Lawrence and Andrew Pendleton – Owning the future: strategies for a democratic economy
Cooperatives, especially workers´ owned cooperatives, are the antidote to capitalism. But being a capitalist society, cooperatives have always been disadvantaged. This has to change. Mathew Lawrence is a senior research fellow at IPPR and co-author […]
Corruption
Politico: No transparency please, we’re Members of the European Parliament
The EU political elite at its corrupt best. As we learnt from the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal of 2009, many, when not most politicians, have no scruples about using funds provided for the political […]
EU politics
Hygge Banking: : New data leak reveals far bigger extent of money laundering at Danske Bank than previously thought
Now we know what Danish bankers get up to when sitting by candle light in woolly jumpers eating crispy pork with parsley sauce Read here
Economics
Adam Tooze: Neoliberalism’s World Order
This is a book review by Adam Tooze of Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism by Quinn Slobodian. A good historical outline of neo-liberalism. Read here Pascal Lamy, former director-general of […]