EU politics
Politico: Italy fines Amazon €1.13 billion for abusing market dominance
Competition agency also orders Amazon to set ‘fair and non-discriminatory standards’ for third-party sellers. Read here
Month: December 2021
EU politics
DW: Denmark: Ex-immigration minister sentenced to jail over couple separations
Inger Stoejberg’s hardline policy of forcing married refugee couples apart has been deemed unlawful and she is to be jailed for 60 days. The verdict cannot be appealed. Read here
Climate Crisis
Science: Ice shelf holding back keystone Antarctic glacier within years of failure
Breakup of the Thwaites eastern shelf will ramp up sea level rise Read here
Gig Economy
Gig Economy Project – Sheffield: Longest continuous strike in UK gig economy reaches second week and spreads
Strike is into its eleventh day and has spread to Chesterfield, Sunderland, and Huddersfield* BRAVE NEW EUROPE has donated to the strike fund. If you wish to support the Stuart workers of the IWGB donate […]
Economics
Ali Zafar: The CFA franc is “an outdated system and is not a development friendly regime”
Ali Zafar is one of the few experts to work on the Central Africa CFA franc and to have the courage to tackle the controversial issues Read here
Climate Crisis
MIT: How rising groundwater caused by climate change could devastate coastal communities
Higher sea levels will push the water table up with them, causing flooding, contamination, and all manner of unseen chaos. Read here
Climate Crisis
UWFB: A Wellbeing Economy with Steve Keen
What kind of politician would want to give every adult $100,000? From employment to housing to banking, Anne & Kev chat with Steve Keen about the sort of policies a progressive economist turned political candidate, […]
Economics
Eric Monnet: Inflation – A historical look at its causes
Amidst soaring inflation, central bankers should avoid panicking prematurely and compare the current situation to that of stagflation as seen in the 1960s and 1970s. Even persistent inflation has causes other than monetary policy, Economist […]
EU politics
Toni Strubell, Núria Bassa – Espanya, nineta dels ulls del TJUE?
Mentre que la UE mira amb lupa les transgressions de Polònia i Hongria pel que fa al dret comú europeu, Espanya navega sense massa objeccions en la seva peculiar aplicació de la llei malgrat una […]
Economics
Richard Murphy: Taxing multi-millionaires – an investment income surcharge
There is an obvious way to tackle this inequality. It is called an investment income surcharge. We had one in the UK for more than 20 years, but Margaret Thatcher got rid of it. It […]