EU politics
The National: Catalan public figures charged for role in independence referendum
The newest wave of repression by Spain led by the Social Democrats against the Catalan movement for self-determination continues. Read here
Month: April 2019
Energy
Matt Brennan and Kyle Devine – Music streaming has a far worse carbon footprint than the heyday of records and CDs – new findings
Emission accomplished. Nicoleta Ionescu Matt Brennan, University of Glasgow and Kyle Devine, University of Oslo It is easy to get nostalgic for the era when most music lovers bought LPs. They would save their pennies […]
EU politics
Felix Keß and Helge Schwiertz – Safe harbours: the cities defying the EU to welcome migrants
With the EU deadlocked over migrant reception, the German Seebrücke movement offers a model for bypassing it. Helge Schwiertz and Felix Keß are graduate students at the University of Osnabrück, Cross-posted from Open Democracy This […]
EU politics
Reuters – Setback for Macron as court vetoes key plank of anti-protest law
French President Emmanuel Macron’s crackdown on anti-government protests with tougher police tactics hit a fresh snag on Thursday as France’s Constitutional Court canned one of the central elements of the new rules. Read here
Finance
Nick Shaxson – Over a third of world trade happens inside multinational corporations
Over a third of world trade happens inside multinational corporations. That’s $7-9 trillion. Just think of all those profit-shifting possibilities Nick Shaxson is an Investigative Journalist and author of “Treasure Islands”. His new book, The […]
Climate Crisis
The Sydney Morning Herald: Norway is walking away from billions of barrels of oil
In Norway opposition Labor Party withdraws support for oil exploration off Lofoten islands in Norway’s Arctic, creating solid majority in parliament to keep area off limits for oil. How long that will hold is anyone´s […]
Economics
Robert Reich – A Federal Jobs Guarantee
What would a Jobs Guarantee Programme achieve. Robert Reich explains the advantages
Economics
John Tomaney, Karel Williams, Rachel Reeves – The Everyday Economy: why it matters and how to rebuild it
This may be an article about Britain, but the structures are repeated throughout the EU. Thus the analysis should be of interest for all readers. John Tomaney is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at […]
EU politics
The Mirror: Google ‘avoided paying £1.5bn in tax’ that could have paid for 60,000 nurses
The abuse, and the losses, go on. We know how to stop this. Read here
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: IMF changes tune on industry policy – shamelessly – Part 1
First it was capital controls (no one talks about the success of Iceland with this policy) that the IMF revised. Now it is what the IMF refers to as “The policy that shall not be […]