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Reckless opportunists: Elites at the end of the Establishment by Aeron Davis

April 15, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Book review by David Shirreff Oxford, Cambridge and the old school tie used to be a passport to the pinnacles of what was known as the Establishment. Things have changed, but not much, and not […]

Corruption

Prem Sikka: The Big Four accountancy firms have long pushed tax avoidance. It’s time for regulation

April 11, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Complex tax dodging schemes by the ‘Big Four’ are constantly being thrown out by the courts. But why is nothing done to penalise them? Read here  

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Prem Sikka – Carillion and corporate governance

March 29, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

The brilliant Prem Sikka on economic development in the UK  

Corruption

Larry Elliot: Is it time to break up the tech giants such as Facebook?

March 27, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

The United States has been promoting monopolies for decades. This has been supported by a perversion of free market economics: monopolies provide cheaper prices and thus benefit consumers. Maybe at the till, but what about […]

Austerity

www.parliament.uk: Carillion paid out £6.4mill to advisors before £10mill taxpayer bailout

March 13, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

The collapse of Carillion, one of the UK’s largest leading construction and service companies, has resulted in important analyses concerning transferring public services to private companies. One of its directors claimed that putting money into […]

Corruption

Richard Murphy – Guess who won from the Global Financial Crisis?

March 12, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

We have one tax scandal after the other. Not only do things not improve, they get worse. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City University of London. He campaigns on issues […]

Austerity

Liverpool Echo: Liverpool Uni bosses ‘could’ve saved £113,000’ by travelling standard class

March 11, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

They just don’t get it. When you work for the public you are being entrusted with other people’s money: trusted to use it sparingly and wisely. The higher the salary the more this seems to […]

Corruption

Reuters: Diesel collapse gives automakers carbon headache

March 6, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

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, […]

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Tax Justice Network – Taxcast for February

February 28, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

In this month’s Taxcast: we look at the United States, Trump’s tax reforms and the killing of the American Dream. Plus: as we see yet another school shooting, should the powerful National Rifle Association continue […]

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Real News.com – Once a Poster Child for Austerity, Latvia Becomes a Hotbed of Corruption

February 25, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Austerity didn’t produce recovery in Latvia, it produced the semblance of recovery, says white-collar criminologist Bill Black. It also led to rampant criminal activity in the banking sector, such as money laundering, taking bribes, and […]

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

January 15, 2026 0

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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