Austerity
Chris Bambery: Crisis in Italy
It always comes down to the same two elements: the neo-liberal regimen of the EU led by Germany and the national enforcers, who prohibit change in the interests of their citizens. Read here
EU-Institutions
EU politics
Heiner Flassbeck: O bella, ciao! bella, ciao! bella, ciao, ciao, ciao!
The stupidity of Northern European nations with regard to debt has hit Italy again and is provoking even more radical “solutions”. When will people ever learn? Heiner Flassbeck is an economist, as well as publisher […]
Corruption
Nick Dearden: Big tech companies are trying to rewrite the rules to get your data
Dearden addresses all destructive march of tech companies through our societies and how they are using politicians to stop us from stopping them. Read here
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – Post-scandal Facebook: will the EU stop treating the tech giant as a trusted partner?
Following the Cambridge Analytica affair and the massive leak of 87 million people’s data revealed earlier this year, Facebook is facing unprecedented scrutiny of its business model and especially its use of users’ personal data. […]
Austerity
Michael Roberts: Greece: the spectre of debt
A good analysis of the current situation in Greece. Read here
Economics
Richard Murphy – The BoTs are coming – and we should all take note
This may sound like some sort of esoteric economic topic, but it is anything but that. This is a real proposal being aired by the new coalition in Italy and could become a real issue […]
Economics
Larry Elliot: Italy’s policies make sense – it’s eurozone rules that are absurd
“William Hague once described the euro as a burning building with no exits, and the experience of Italy over the past 20 years has proved that the then Conservative party leader was absolutely right.” Read […]
Austerity
Thomas Fazi: Italy’s Organic Crisis
Thomas Fazi analyses the current poltical and economic crisis of Italy. Read here
EU politics
Ross Douthat: The Fall of the German Empire
An extremely interesting article. Highly recommended. Read here
EU politics
Tax Justice Network – LuxLeaks verdict: hope for whistleblowers as Antoine Deltour is acquitted
We’ve always said that the #LuxLeaks whistleblowers Antoine Deltour, Raphaël Halet and investigative journalist Edouard Perrin should never have been charged because the disclosures they were involved in were so obviously in the public interest, […]