Corruption
Craig Mackay – Endemic Corruption in the UK?
Europeans believe they have very little corruption. That is because laws have been created to make corrruption legal – at least when it is on a large scale. Read here
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Daniele Albertazzi and Arianna Giovannini – The 2018 Italian election: old faces, new parties, familiar certainty
Italian elections are rapidly nearing. Although this article left out Liberi e Pari (Free and Equal) it ohterwiseprovides a good overview. The conclusion seems realistic enough: after the elections there will be no change, just […]
Corruption
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
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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 […]
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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
Tax Justice Network – The 2018 Financial Secrecy Index
The Financial Secrecy index is a politically neutral ranking, the only one available to aid genuine understanding of global financial secrecy, tax havens or secrecy jurisdictions, and illicit financial flows or capital flight.
Corruption
Lina Galvez – Rodrigo Rato’s troublesome “legal” legacy
Neo-liberalism has a face. In fact it has many faces. Lina Galvez looks at the career and egregious damage done to Spanish society by one of these faces: Rodrigo Rato. Lina Gálvez is Professor of […]
Corruption
Despite sanctions German exports to Russia increased 21% in 2017
Despite sanctions and the constant anti-Russian rhetoric in Germany, German exports to Russia increased 21% in 2017 compared to 2016. Among the exports were four power turbines sold by the German company Siemens and purportedly […]
Corruption
Norbert Häring: The Curious Silence of the British Media Regarding Mark Carney and the Secretive G30
Mario Draghi has been forced to leave the opaque G30. If the head of the ECB should not be there, why is the head of the Bank of England still a member? Read here