Corruption
d@w Exclusive: Michael Hudson on Junk Economics update 2017
An excellent interview with Michael Hudson. The interview starts with Trump, but quickly moves on.
Lobbying
Corruption
Reuters: Diesel collapse gives automakers carbon headache
This is how absurd things can become – thanks to the EU: Diesel was supposed to reduce CO2., but the car manufacturers, to increase their profits, cheated, and produced radically more nitrogen oxide than permitted, […]
Austerity
Mathew D. Rose – Germany’s Social Democrats did the right thing: committed political suicide
Sometimes historical events occur and no one really notices. The decision of the German social democrats to once again enter a grand coalition heralds the end of a political party with a history of over […]
Austerity
Guy Standing – Why Britain’s Tories do not believe in free markets
The claims of Brtain’s Coservative Party amounts to a lie. They have been building the most unfree market system ever conceived. Guy Standing is Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences, and Professorial Research […]
Corruption
Tax Justice Network – Inverted Maps: The Corruption Perception Index and the Financial Secrecy Index
What is never mentioned with regard to Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index is that it takes two parties to make a corrupt deal. Transparency only counts the recipient of corruption, not the party paying. If […]
Climate Crisis
Climate Home News – Documents reveal UK push to water down EU biomass regulations
The British government pushed to weaken EU controls on biomass energy in December, even though the technology will undermine efforts to contain global warming for up to half a century, according to research released today. […]
Corruption
Nicholas Shaxson – How to Crack Down on Tax Havens: Start With the Banks
Nick Shaxson provides a good introduction to the opaque world of tax havens. Read here
Corruption
Geroge Monbiot: Resist a US trade deal. Your life may depend on it
Isn’t it convenient that people are poor. As Bertolt Brecht famously wrote: “First comes food, then morals”. If you are hungry, it matters little what you eat. The increasing poverty in Europe has raised the […]
Corruption
New York Times: Greek Politicians May Have Taken Bribes from Drug Maker, Prosecutors Say
Once again it is the United States uncovering massive corruption in Europe. This time it is the political nomenclature of Greece, many leading figures in the EU. What has come to light there would be […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – Corporate lobbying influence over the Council of the EU
Corporate Europe Observatory has started a new workstream to publish investigations which expose corporate lobby influence over the decision-making of the Council of the EU (member states) and how this impacts on resulting laws and […]