Austerity
Amnesty International: Eurozone governments need to recognise that Greece’s debt is a human rights issue
It is good to see that someone can see the plight of Greece and its people not just as a “political problem”. Read here
Year: 2018
Economics
John Weeks – Does the EU “single market” foster trade?
John Weeks comes to some interesting conclusions with regard to trade within the EU. Among those is that Germanys trade surplus has been influenced with austerity and the resulting slow growth in imports. The figures […]
Corruption
Chris Bambery – Catalonia Reborn: A revolt against Spanish Nationalism?
CommonSpace editor Ben Wray spoke to Chris Bambery, co-author of newly released ‘Catalonia Reborn – How Catalonia took on the corrupt Spanish State and the Legacy of Franco’ with George Kerevan. Wray and Bambery have […]
Corruption
Tax Justice Network – June Podcast
In this month’s Taxcast: We’ve had leak after leak, whistleblower after whistleblower. But no matter what the scandal is, when it comes to financial secrecy and tax dodging, the so-called big four accountancy firms are […]
Economics
Nacho Álvarez and Jorge Uxó – The reform of the Eurozone: beyond cosmetics
This evening the European Council begins its meeitng. Tomorrow the Eurozone ministers will be discussing a number of measures that the German and French are introducing concerning the economic and financial future of the Eurozone […]
Austerity
Danny Dorling: This is what peak inequality looks like
This is an era of gross unfairness. But it will slowly come to an end Read here
EU politics
Investigate Europe: How a US firm pushed for EU €2.1trn pension fund
This is only a brief section of an extensive and excellent investigative report concerning the US financial services corporate giant BlackRock by Investigate Europe. Unfortunately it has never been translated into English. Here you will […]
Corruption
Mariana Mazzucato: Let’s make private data into a public good
This is one of the best and compact articles concerning the internet monopolists published. It ticks almost all the boxes. Read here
Austerity
John Weeks – EU degenerates: Fiscal Rules undermine prosperity
This article is the first of several by John Weeks that will assess whether the European Union has achieved its founders’ stated goals of national and regional prosperity, convergence of development level across countries, and […]
Deregulation
Gregor Gall – Unions need a renaissance – here’s what could happen under Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour
PA/Gareth Fuller By Gregor Gall, University of Glasgow The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is celebrating its 150th anniversary at a time of great pressure for workers’ rights. It was founded in Manchester in 1868 […]