Corruption
Reuters: EU says McDonald’s, Luxembourg tax deal not illegal
Wasn´t Juncker Prime Minister and Minister of Finances in Luxeburg at that time. Yes, the EU is really getting tough on mulitnationals and tax evasion. Read here
Regulatory Capture
Corruption
Reuters: EU plan on bank money laundering pushes back action to next year
Once again the EU political elite demostrates its fealty to banks and corporations and protects their criminal activities. Read here
Corruption
Nick Shaxson – Is Germany’s finance minister the puppet of Big Finance?
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 […]
Austerity
Aditya Chakrabortty: Ten years after Lehmans, it’s as if we’ve learned nothing from the crash
Claims that the finance sector brings jobs and revenue were exposed as a sham – and the rest of us inherited a legacy of debt Read here
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
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 […]
Climate Change
Transport & Environment – Carmakers have cheated European drivers to the tune of 150bn euros since 2000
The real cost of carmakers gaming fuel efficiency tests is now revealed: the additional fuel burned because of widespread industry manipulation has cost drivers an extra €149.6 billion for the past 18 years (2000-2017) [1]. […]
Austerity
Abby Innes – The dismantling of the State since the 1980s: Brexit is the wrong diagnosis of a real crisis
Abby Innes writes that the vote to leave the EU and the administrative chaos around it pull into focus the crisis we should have been talking about before: the failures of homegrown neoliberal policies and […]
Corruption
Frank van Lerven and Margaret Welsh – A deregulatory agenda is sweeping across Europe
A new agenda – misleadingly called ‘Better Regulation’ – has recently swept across Europe, undermining the protections and values that we rely on for a healthy planet and an empowered public. It was promoted as […]
Corruption
The Political Economy of Italy’s Decline by Andrea Lorenzo Capussela
Book review by Mathew D. Rose Andrea Capussela has a tale to tell – and he does it well. This book could not have appeared at a more opportune moment as it seeks to illuminate […]
Austerity
IMF internal watchdog condemns the institution’s mishandling of Greece “rescue”
Here two articles concerning the report by the internal auditor of the IMF concerning its disastrous handling of Greece´s “financial rescue” Read here (easier to read) and here (better analysis)