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Month: November 2021

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Economics

Bob Hancké – Why trade unions have a problem with the minimum wage and what can be done about it

November 30, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Swedish and Danish trade unions have been up in arms about a minimum wage proposal making its way through the corridors of Brussels and Strasbourg for a while. They have now enlisted the help of […]

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Climate Crisis

Friends of the Earth: EU Commission gives in to big biotech’s tactics to deregulate new GMOs

November 30, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Citizens’ concerns and already-proven farming solutions to climate change are dismissed Read here Marching against new GMOs (c) Via Campesina

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Corruption

EEB: Delay in proposed microplastics restriction leading to irreversible pollution

November 30, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

One additional year without a restriction on microplastics could see levels of pollution equivalent to 1.6 billion plastic bottles released into the environment. Read here

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Economics

Bill Mitchell: Corporate profits boom in Australia undermines our capacity to national prosperity and well-being

November 30, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

You can apply this to any EU nation: ” a means of viewing exactly what has gone wrong with the Australian economy over the last two decades as successive governments have failed to prioritise general […]

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Climate Crisis

Axios: Fuel efficiency progress “is stalling” because of growth of SUVs

November 30, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

A new(ish) analysis shows that “fuel economy progress is stalling” amid the growing global popularity of SUVs and light trucks. Read here Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International

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Climate Crisis

Laurie Macfarlane – Scotland is on the global frontlines of The Great Net-Zero Land Grab

November 29, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

As investors look to profit from the carbon-offset gold rush, demand for land is soaring. But letting Big Finance restore nature may come at a cost Laurie Macfarlane is economics editor at openDemocracy, and a […]

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EU politics

Gig Economy Project – Open letter to EU Commission: Don’t ‘water down’ plans to regulate platform work

November 29, 2021 Ben Wray 0

Ministers from Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Germany and Italy apply pressure onto EU Commission a week before the platform work directive legislation is to be announced The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated […]

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Corruption

Corporate Europe Observatory: Derailing EU rules on new GMOs

November 29, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

CRISPR-Files expose lobbying tactics to deregulate new GMOs Read here

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Climate Crisis

Michael Roberts – Views on China

November 28, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Why and how has the Chinese economy succeeded? What are the threats facing it today. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael’s Blog The Chinese […]

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Environment

Yahoo News: Protesters block roads in Serbia over lithium mining project

November 28, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Hundreds of environmental protesters blocked roads in Belgrade and other Serbian towns on Saturday, angered at mining giant Rio Tinto’s plans to extract lithium in the Balkan nation. Read here

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When McKinsey comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm by Walt Bogdanovitch and Michael Forsythe

January 8, 2023 0

Book Review by Roger Steer In January 2021 Brave New Europe published “The Americanisation of European Healthcare” which was my attempt to describe the forces at work to change the way healthcare is delivered in […]

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Do You Want to Know the Truth? by Rupert Read

November 22, 2022 0

Book Review by Alison Teal Honesty is the key word for Rupert Read’s new book Do You Want to Know the Truth? Rarely is this book what one would consider ‘light’ reading. Collecting some of […]

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