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Ann Pettifor, Massimo Amato, Luca Fantacci: How to transform the EU – and build solidarity between its members

April 30, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 1

The realisation that the EU is anti-democratic, serves the interests of trans-national corporations and not its citizens, supports inequality, and is doing too little to stop climate change is becoming ever clearer for Europeans. The […]

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Economics

Stan Jourdan – The Future of Money as an Institution

April 30, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

The 2008 financial crash made clear how the workings of the financial world were not just technical matters for experts, but political questions that could upturn whole societies. We spoke to Stanislas Jourdan from Positive […]

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EU politics

Chris Bambery – Elections results from Catalonia: A further step towards independence

April 29, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Just as important as the election in Spain is the election in Catalonia. The independence movement in Catalonia has attained an impressive electoral victory. There are clear signs that it is increasing and mobilising its […]

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Finance

Tax Justice Network – British American Tobacco Shifts Nearly $1bn out of Developing Countries into One UK Office

April 29, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

For every dollar British American Tobacco (BAT) paid in tax in the countries it operates in, the giant multinational shifted more than half a dollar that would have been taxed locally to a UK subsidiary […]

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Corruption

European CEO: European banking regulator faces criticism after failing to take action on Danske Bank scandal

April 29, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

This is pretty much par for the course with regard to the EU and financial crime. What do laws and regulations matter, when it is a question of the intereests of financial trans-nationals. Read here

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EU politics

Reuters: Spain bars exiled ex-Catalan leader from European election

April 29, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Spain’s electoral commission barred former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont from running in the European Parliament elections in May, he said on Monday, a day after a general election where the region’s separatism has been a […]

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Economics

Transit Lounge – Nicholas Shaxson talks power, money and the finance curse at Dark Havens

April 29, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Nicholas Shaxson unveils the secrets of the seriously, filthy rich and talks me through how many of the world’s offshore tax havens are not only tropical islands, but actually British & OECD territories. Just what […]

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Finance

Lynn Parramore – The Antitrust Case Against Facebook You Need to Know About

April 28, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Former ad tech entrepreneur and advertising executive Dina Srinivasan is author of a well-researched study in the Berkeley Business Law Journal laying out the case that social network giant Facebook has now entered America’s annals […]

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Finance

The Asahi Shimbun – Stephanie Kelton: Japan shatters notion of deficit boogeyman

April 28, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Modern monetary theory (MMT) is gaining much attention for its somewhat unorthodox view that governments do not have to worry about fiscal deficits. One of the main advocates of MMT is Stephanie Kelton, an economics […]

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Economics

Michael Roberts: Progressive Capitalism – an Oxymoron

April 27, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Why should capitalism be “Saved from itself”? Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts Blog Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel (Riksbank) prize winner in economics […]

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Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World by Tom Burgis

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