Austerity
Michael Roberts: Greece: the spectre of debt
A good analysis of the current situation in Greece. Read here
EU-Institutions
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, […]
Corruption
Beancounters – The Triumph of the Accountants and How they broke Capitalism by Richard Brooks
Book review by Atul K. Shah As Private Eye journalist, Richard Brooks has long been responsible for exposing corporate corruption, especially around tax avoidance and evasion. One story kept on repeating in his research – […]
EU politics
Vox EU: Peter Bofinger – Euro area reform: No deal is better than a bad deal
The recent proposals for euro area reform from a team of French and German economists have initiated an intensive debate. This column, part of VoxEU’s Euro Area Reform debate, argues that the specific insolvency risk of euro area […]
EU politics
Corporate Europe Observatory – How AirBnB is using the EU to defeat cities’ affordable housing laws
It’s an all too familiar story: international corporations using the EU Commission to force their interests on democratically elected municipal and state governments, against the interests of EU citizens. By Kenneth Haar, Researcher and campaigner […]
EU politics
The Wire: Spain Blocks Catalan Ex-Leader Puigdemont From Being Voted In
In the meantime a successor has been found and should be voted in, if the Spanish Government does not intervene. Read here