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
Regulatory Capture
Corruption
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 […]
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
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
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – ECB President Draghi’s membership of mega-bankers’ club is “maladministration”
There was absolutely no reason for Mario Draghi to be there – and many against his participation. The decision of the European Ombudsman to ask the European Central Bank President to end his membership of […]
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
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