Austerity
Thomas Fazi – The Eternal Return of “Technical Government” in Italy
If there is a country that epitomizes the perils of technopopulism, it is Italy Read here
Month: May 2021
EU politics
ICIJ – Fears of ‘significant deterrent’ for whistleblowers as top EU court quashes Lux Leaks case
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Luxembourg’s treatment of whistleblower Raphael Halet “struck a fair balance” between protecting his freedom of expression and the rights of PwC, despite objections from two dissenting judges. […]
EU politics
Gig Economy Project – Uber files complaint against taxi union leader in Barcelona Taxi War
Uber’s complaint to the competition authority of intimidation and collective boycott comes after two months of failing to re-launch the ride-hail app in the Catalan capital The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was […]
Economics
The Counterbalance – Small businesses versus the platforms
How markets get corrupted, and nobody seems to want to clean them up Counterbalance is a newsletter from a new anti-monopoly organisation, the Balanced Economy Project Cross-posted from Counterbalance To subscribe to The Counterbalance click […]
Corruption
Tamara Ehs – Austria: Flawed Democracy
The current Austrian coalition government includes the Green Party. Tamara Ehs is a Political scientist and consultant for democratic innovation and citizens’ participation, currently affiliated with the Sigmund Freud University Vienna. Lese die deutsche Version […]
Economics
Fadhel Kaboub – The “Macron plan”: «To relaunch the French economy and further exploit its former colonies».
What Africa needs instead: «A sustainable long-term structural transformation that builds resilience and economic independence» Read here
Finance
Patrick Cockburn – Israel is Making the Same Errors as Britain did Over Northern Ireland 50 Years Ago
You cannot pound a people into submission by military force. You only push the solution further into the future. Patrick Cockburn is the author of War in the Age of Trump (Verso). Cross-posted from Counterpunch When […]
Economics
The Counterbalance – How supermarket chains squash their suppliers . . . and how to stop them
The remarkable power that supermarkets exert over their suppliers. Mainstream thinking about monopolies and market power minimises such issues, reducing them to questions of “consumer welfare” and the economic efficiency of corporations. The harder supermarkets […]
Economics
Jonathan Cook – Ignore Starmer’s moral posturing. He’s the one we should blame for stoking antisemitism
Muslims, China, Russia: “White Europeans” under siege Jonathan Cook is an award-winning British journalist based in Nazareth, Israel, since 2001 Cross-posted from Jonathan Cook’s website To read the tweets in this article in their entirety, […]
Economics
Branko Milanović – A global ideology that was neither
What is the legacy of Maoism outside of China? Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World” Cross-posted […]