Workers at Amazon warehouses and distrbution centres have staged protests – over low pay, poor working conditions and climate concerns – across Europe and the USA to coincide with the online retailer’s annual discounted shopping day, Black Friday. Protests have continued to cover Cyber Monday, another crucial sales period for Amazon.
EU politics
The Guardian – Catalonia corruption scandal: court orders party to repay €6.6m
This court decision and the resignation of Artur Mas last week will allow the Junts per Catalunya (Together for Catalonia) to eject much of its conservative, business interest ballast and move further to the left. […]
Finance
Frances Coppola: Apple Isn’t Disrupting Banks, It Is Helping Them
The card that is “created by Apple, not a bank” is actually issued by – a bank. Read here
Economics
Bloomberg: MMT Has Been Around for Decades. Here’s Why It Just Caught Fire
U.S. budget already deep in the red, and markets have shrugged Trump, Ocasio-Cortez and Japan also offer support for MMT case Read here
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