Corruption
Paulo Pena: Europe’s governments inflate housing prices with huge tax privileges for real estate
Part of an investigation by Investigate Europe into how house price inflation is government sponsored. Read the article HERE.
Articles by Ben Wray
Solutions
Melvin Goodman: Understanding Russian National Security
Former Soviet analyst at the CIA on how the Kremlin thinks about security Cross-posted from Counterpunch In the 1980s and 1990s, I was a member of the Russian studies group sponsored by the Brookings Institution. […]
Climate Crisis
Uuriintuya Batsaikhan: High interest rates are a threat to the green transition
High interest rates will increase the cost and slow the speed of decarbonisation, most notably in the areas of energy efficiency and renewable energy Cross-posted from the Positive Money Europe blog To reach net zero […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The transitory inflation conjecture gains even more data credence
International economic data suggests the supply drivers of inflation may be abating. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Tanupriya Singh – ‘The Axe Always Falls on the Most Vulnerable’: Pakistan Demands Debt Cancellation and Climate Justice
More than 1,700 people have been killed in floods that continue to submerge parts of Pakistan. Amid this crisis, activists are demanding debt cancellation and climate reparations. Cross-posted from the Independent Media Institute Even as […]
Climate Crisis
Claudia Horn: Europe Needs to Radicalise Its Climate Policies in Response to the Energy Crisis
The EU is watering down its tepid ecological reforms as energy prices soar. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Gig Economy Project – Czech Republic tried to include collective agreements as substitute for legal provisions in EU Platform Work Directive
Union leaders and campaigners for gig workers’ rights say attempt to introduce collective agreements as a substitute for legal provisions in the EU Directive demonstrates how bad agreements can be used by platforms to undermine […]
Corruption
Daniel Hough – World Cup 2022: heat on Qatar diverts attention from Fifa’s failure to tackle proven corruption
FIFA corruption is about much more than Qatar hosting the World Cup. Cross-posted from The Conversation UK. Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 men’s football World Cup has provoked a fair degree of anger and confusion. […]
EU politics
Jamie Maxwell: Post-Sturgeon
Scottish nationalism has hit a wall. Read the article HERE.
Deregulation
Reuters: Amazon workers protest at some German, French sites on Black Friday
Amazon strikes in more than 30 countries part of ‘Make Amazon Pay initiative’. Read the article HERE.