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Austerity

IMF internal watchdog condemns the institution’s mishandling of Greece “rescue”

July 31, 2018 MDRose 0

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)

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Global Finance: Auditing The Auditors

July 23, 2018 MDRose 0

Recent audit failures are bringing new scrutiny to the dominance and business practices of the Big Four accounting firms. Read here

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Bill Mitchell: The neoliberal ‘progressives’ and their bankster mates are becoming rattled

July 23, 2018 MDRose 0

The “Third Way” social democrats in Europe and “liberal democrats” in the US are politically bankrupt. Their only assets are the donations from financial institutions and international corporations, but as we saw with Hilary Clinton, […]

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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 MDRose 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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New Economics Foundation – Reprotection: halting the EU’s deregulation drive

July 19, 2018 MDRose 0

“Over the last decade, European politicians have started to undermine the protections that many people depend on. And Brexit is set to make things worse.” This raises the question of who understands the role of […]

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

July 18, 2018 MDRose 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

Corporate Europe Observatory – Accounting for influence: how the Big Four are embedded in EU policy-making on tax avoidance

July 11, 2018 MDRose 0

We pay our taxes, so why don’t corporations? This new report shows how the Big Four are embedded in EU policy-making on tax avoidance, and concludes that it is time to kick this industry out […]

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Corruption

Politico: EU legislators rake in millions in outside earnings

July 11, 2018 MDRose 0

This is just the tip of the iceberg. What about the jobs following their time at the EU? What about jobs now for their family members? What about the perks: travel, gifts, entertainment? What about […]

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Austerity

David Whyte – Two neoliberal infernos: Grenfell, and Piper Alpha 30 years on

July 9, 2018 MDRose 0

Profit-before-safety, warnings ignored, 239 people dead. Britain’s oil bonanza and London’s gentrification have much in common. David Whyte is Professor of Socio-legal studies at the University of Liverpool. His most recent book is The Violence […]

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Corruption

Prem Sikka: After decades of following a failed economic model, we need to reshape the state

July 6, 2018 MDRose 0

The neo-liberal state has become a guarantor of corporate profits and engineer for increased inequaltiy . This has to change. . Read here

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Economics

Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

June 11, 2026 0

Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate by Dani Rodrik

May 8, 2026 0

Book Review by Walden Bello Dani Rodrik has impeccable credentials as an economist. He is an expert in many areas, including trade and development, and is one of Harvard University’s leading lights. In recent years, […]

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