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Month: April 2020

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Ben Wray – French workers 1-0 Amazon: Interview with Stéphane Enjalran on the Covid-19 Court Victory

April 30, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

French trade unions have won a legal action against Amazon over health & safety at work during Covid-19. Ben Wray spoke to Stéphane Enjalran, National Secretary of the Solidaires trade union, which led the court […]

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Economics

John Weeks – Monetisation: Justification, Process, and Outcomes

April 30, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

John Weeks writes about monetisation and the virus crisis and argues that preventing speculation and complementing fiscal policy provide strong motivations for monetisation. John Weeks is PEF Council Coordinator, Professor Emeritus, School of Oriental & […]

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Economics

Robert Skidelsky – COVID-19 and The Noah’s Ark Problem

April 30, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Given that we have no ethically accepted principle of choosing between who is to live and who to die, we should take exceptional pains to ensure that we do not face acute shortages of life-preserving […]

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Economics

Ashoka Mody: Europe’s Moment of Truth

April 30, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The COVID-19 crisis has pushed the euro zone to its breaking point. Read here

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Grist: The world is on lockdown. So where are all the carbon emissions coming from?

April 30, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Wait, what? Even with the global economy at a near-standstill, the best analysis suggests that the world is still on track to release 95 percent of the carbon dioxide emitted in a typical year, continuing […]

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Grace Blakeley: The Coronavirus Crisis Is Accelerating Tech Monopolisation

April 30, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Big tech monopolies Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook now make up more than a fifth of the entire value of the S&P 500 stock market index. Read here

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Corruption

Tax Justice Network: A “world fit for money laundering” must end in the post Covid-19 era

April 30, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

We’re sharing here the details of explosive new research on “the untold history of how prominent civil servants in the UK tailored US-devised anti-money laundering policies in ways that suited the needs of Britain’s financial […]

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Economics

Atul K. Shah – Tax Havens: There’s a Chance now to Apply Conditions to Bail Outs

April 29, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Essential services in society are paid for by taxes – which lots of companies avoid paying. Shutterstock Atul K. Shah, City, University of London The huge economic slowdown brought about by COVID-19 has resulted in […]

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Economics

Juan Laborda – The Necessary Monetisation of the Coronavirus Expenditure

April 29, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The plan is simple. Governments are to give grants and cheap loans to large corporations by borrowing from financial institutes, who will make a handsome profit. Afterwards there is austerity, as the 99% pay for […]

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Economics

Richard Murphy – Why the Stock Market is Rising even though that Should Appear to Make no Sense

April 29, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

One of the apparent oddities of the current crisis is the fact that stock exchanges have not fallen as far as might be expected. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City […]

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