Corruption
Politico: How Europe’s biggest media company infiltrated the EU
How Bertelsmann mixes business, philanthropy and Continental politics. Read here
Revolving Door
Corruption
Branko Milanović – The apogee of capitalism and our political malaise
With neo-liberalism, the ethos of private gain came to dominate our political culture. Now, we have a crisis of trust in politics Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. Branko will be […]
Austerity
Renegade Inc: Myth Busting the European Dream featuring Mathew D. Rose
Politically you can ignore some of the people some of the time…but you can’t ignore all the people all of the time. For many years European citizens have intuitively opposed unaccountability, a lack of political […]
Corruption
Finance Watch: Still Going Round in Circles: The Revolving Door Between Banks And Their Regulators
This week, the too-big-to-fail bank lobbyist Jose Manuel Campa has been nominated to be the new head of the European Banking Authority – the very authority that is in charge of supervising those powerful banks. […]
Austerity
Mathew D. Rose – Why the Far Right came to embrace the EU
What happened to the Far Right threat to the EU? Despite all the threats and resulting headlines it has disappeared. Probably because they may no longer be a threat to the EU, but the saviour […]
Corruption
Nick Shaxson – The finance curse: how the outsized power of the City of London makes Britain poorer
The financial sector is hailed as the crowning glory of the UK economy. But as it blooms, everything else withers. This is true wherever the financial sector becomes dominant in the economy, similar to what […]
Corruption
Bill Mitchell: The neoliberal ‘progressives’ and their bankster mates are becoming rattled
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, […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – Accounting for influence: how the Big Four are embedded in EU policy-making on tax avoidance
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 […]
Corruption
Politico: EU official forced to resign over energy interests
In the EU there are apparently laws that do not apply for politicians, especially when it is a question of their bank accounts. Read here
Corruption
Richard Brooks: The financial scandal no one is talking about
This article features extracts from Richard Brook’s new book, Bean Counters: The Triumph of the Accountants and How They Broke Capitalism. Read here See our review of the book here