Climate Crisis
Thomas Piketty: The age of green money
Could the Covid-19 crisis accelerate the adoption of a new, more equitable and more sustainable development model? The answer is yes, but under certain conditions. Read here
EU politics
Climate Crisis
Positive Money – The Tragedy of Growth
This is the introduction to a new report by Positive Money entitled !The Tragedy of Growth, To protect wellbeing and avoid ecological disaster we must abandon GDP growth and transform our economic system”, which outlines […]
Corruption
European Ombudsman – Ombudsman inquiry finds the EBA should have forbidden Executive Director’s move to finance lobby group
Oh naughty, naughty corrupt EU political class. The EU solution? Pay lots of people lots of money to write useless reports like this with no consequences. The name of the the EU official, Adam Farkas, […]
Aviation
Asbjørn Wahl – A Red-Green New Deal in Transport: Workers’ Power + Renewable Electrification of the Whole Economy
The EU”s transport sector is like most businesses run contrary to existing laws and regulations, but lack of control and enforcement makes it possible to operate on the side of the law (if the US […]
Austerity
Phil Leeke – This is England: the sick man of Europe
A great weekend read. Do not be put off by the British context. Phil Leeke is a Faculty Member at the University of Liverpool, English Language Centre While a recent headline in the Telegraph newspaper […]
Corruption
Malta Today: Malta to withdraw from EU naval mission Irini
EU nations will do almost anything to stop the flow of refugees – except solve the reason why they are fleeing to Europe. Or maybe it’s just good old corrupt Malta on the take again. […]
Gig Economy
Ben Wray – Corona Crisis: ‘We have to fight for our lives while we’re still trying to save other people’s lives’: Interview with UK medical courier Alex Marshall
The public should have learnt by now, many of those crucially essential workers who are pulling us through the corona crisis are poorly paid, and treated like rubbish by their employers. It is not applause […]
Economics
Alberto Bradanini – Italia: La Politica Umiliata dalla Finanza
Alberto Bradanini è un ex-diplomatico. Tra i molti incarichi ricoperto, è stato anche Ambasciatore d’Italia a Teheran (2008-2012) e a Pechino (2013-2015). È attualmente Presidente del Centro Studi sulla Cina Contemporanea The English Translation is here […]
Economics
Carlo Clericetti – Germany could Destroy the Euro
As Germany always claims, EU and ECB rules ans laws must be upheld – except for the hegemon Germany. Carlo Clericetti is an Italian journalist. In the past he has directed “Affari & Finanza”, a […]
Aviation
Corporate Europe Observatory – Corona Lobby Watch
Who would have expected that: Opportunistic lobbyists abuse the EU’s unprecedented health crisis. Lobbyists for many industries are opportunistically repackaging old demands, or developing new ones, and using the Corona Crisis to justify them, even […]