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Nick Shaxson – Is Germany’s finance minister the puppet of Big Finance?

September 5, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Germany´s social democratic party, the SPD, is in rapid decline. This is the result of it selling laws and contracts to the highest bidder, while grinding its boot into the faces of its traditional working […]

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Corruption

Prem Sikka – The state still matters: Why the private sector doesn’t have all the solutions

September 5, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

When the UK private sector has been reluctant to embrace risks, the state has stepped in Read here  

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Corruption

Stéfanie Khoury and David Whyte – The UN Human Rights Council’s “Draft Zero” still won’t prioritise human rights above the rights of corporations

August 31, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Next month, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) will consider the first draft (“Draft Zero”) of a new treaty on the human rights responsibilities of corporations. It it has already been criticised for key shortcomings […]

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Politico – Trump lawyer Giuliani got paid to lobby Romanian president

August 30, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

What a read! Another EU Social Democratic party that has discoverd that the key to success is lie, lie, and lie again. Laws are for losers. Read here

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This is Money: Fury at United Utilities as it pays £180m dividend while planning to impose a hosepipe ban on customers

July 23, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

This is the sort of predatory capitalism being promoted by the EU neo-liberalism. Utilities should be privatised as the private sector is “more efficient”. This is just half the story. In the end the state […]

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Tax Justice Network – Country by country reports: why “automatic” is no replacement for “public

July 18, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

This article brings us up to date concerning the struggle to tackle tax haven by making their business transparent, and the attempts by the German government, big business, and the OECD to stymie this. By […]

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Corruption

Andrea Capussela – Illegality and Italy’s new government

July 5, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Andrea Capussela has the courage to address probably the greatest threat to democracy in Europe: corruption. One can safely claim that in Germany there is hardly a major law or government contract, which is not purchased […]

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Corporate Europe Observatory: Biosafety in Danger – How industry, researchers and negotiators collaborate to undermine the UN Biodiversity Convention

July 3, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Documents released to Corporate Europe Observatory following a Freedom of Information request reveal how pro-biotech lobby platform Public Research Regulation Initiative (PRRI) unites industry, researchers and regulators in ‘like-minded’ groups to influence crucial international biosafety […]

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Corruption

Academics Against Press Publishers’ Right: 169 European Academics Warn Against It

July 3, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Once again corporate media has bought itself an EU law. This would be a serious blow for democracy and freedom of the press, only serving corporate financial interest. It is nothing abstract and would radically […]

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Corporate Europe Observatory – Commission protects AirBnB lobby paper as “commercial secret”

June 12, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

It is no surprise that online rental platform AirBnB and its allies would prefer to keep their controversial political demands to the European Commission private. But it is a disgrace to see the Commission oblige […]

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Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim

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Book Review by Hossam el-Hamalawy Avi Shlaim’s Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine is a book written in the midst of catastrophe, not after its dust has settled.  It is a work shaped […]

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After Nations – The Making and Unmaking of a World Order by Rana Dasgupta

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Reviewed by Branko Milanovic´ This new splendid and beautifully-written book by Rana Dasgupta has as its title After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order. The idea, briefly sketched in the introduction and […]

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