Corruption
EU Observer – Malta: EU island of ‘impunity and fear’
Malta – a model EU land? It depends upon which EU model you are referring to. Read here
Regulatory Capture
Corruption
The Guardian: Cloud of corruption hangs over Bulgaria as it takes up EU presidency
Among journalists there is a trick to getting controversial articles past the powers that be: wait until between Christmas and New Year. This is a real corker in the Guardian, explaining why despite the horrendous […]
Corruption
The Guardian: Uber loses appeal in UK employment rights case
This is further good news for workers in their attempt to regulate the gig economy – something that most governments are not doing. Read here
Corruption
Philip Goff: Tax rogues like Bono are harming the world’s poorest people
With the Paradise Papers in the headlines, we at BRAVE NEW EUROPE are trying to publish what we consider the best critical articles on the topic. Read here
Corruption
Owen Jones: Tax avoidance may be legal but it’s bankrupting our social order
With the Paradise Papers in the headlines, we at BRAVE NEW EUROPE are trying to publish what we consider the best critical articles on the topic. Read here
Corruption
Aditya Chakrabortty: End these offshore games or our democracy will die
With the Paradise Papers in the headlines, we at BRAVE NEW EUROPE are trying to publish what we consider the best critical articles on the topic. Read here
Corruption
The Guardian: Lawyer says Foreign Office told her to ignore EU corruption evidence
A typical example of the daily corruption endemic in the EU. The EU’s attitude towards whistle-blowers appears to be similar to its attitude towards democracy: both just get in the way of the EU elite […]
Corruption
Fintan O’Toole: The corruption of Irish banking goes back 30 years
Fintan O’toole is right. The problems with the banks, be it in the US, UK, and apparently in Ireland, started 30 years ago, which is when neo-liberlalism began its crusade. It marked the end of […]
Austerity
The Corruption of Capitalism – Why Rentiers Thrive and Work Does Not Pay by Guy Standing
Book review by Mathew D. Rose In 2011 Guy Standing wrote a book titled “The Precariat – The New Dangerous Class”, which showed great prescience. By the second paragraph he had already predicted what would […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – Endocrine Disruptors: How corporations and their scientists have put public health in harm’s way
Just another example of the EU as the dogsbody of international corporations and the seat of institutionalised corruption Read here