Austerity
George Monbiot – How to really take back control
A wide ranging lecture by George Monbiot that ticks almost all boxes.
Regulation
EU politics
Latvia to phase out shell company accounts in banking sector
IWe are curious how the EU reacts to this, as it violates one of the EU’s Four Freedoms: The free movement of capital. Read here
EU politics
The Guardian: Thousands of public sector workers go on strike across France
Train drivers, teachers, nurses and air traffic controllers take to the streets to protest against Emmanuel Macron’s reforms Read here
EU politics
Jon Morris and Andrea Genovese – After Carillion: the function of procurement in public projects
This article makes a very important point: That local authorities are prevented by EU rules from contracting local firms to benefit the local economy, ruling that the cheapest firm should receive the contract. This favours […]
Climate Crisis
DeSmog UK – Comment: Now is the time to tackle shipping emissions
Hardly anyone realises how harmful ships are for the environment. The 15 biggest ships produce more sulfur oxide pollutants than all the cars in the world. By John Maggs, Senior Policy Advisor, Seas at Risk Cross-posted […]
EU politics
Bill Mitchell: Europhile reform dreamers wake up – there will be no ‘far-reaching’ reforms
EU reform. There is much talk about it, but it does not happen. Bill Mitchell explains why it will remain so. Read here
Austerity
Thomas Piketty: Towards a Union in the Union
“The threat to the world today is not a trade war but a social war, conducted by means of aggressive policies of fiscal dumping which benefit the wealthiest and the most mobile.” Read here
EU politics
Reuters: EU court rules against tribunals settling intra-EU disputes
This is a very important case, as it starts to erode the authority of arbitration tribunals, in this case in the EU. Apparently this could affect law suits with corporations outside of the EU. Interesting is […]
Corruption
Reuters: Diesel collapse gives automakers carbon headache
This is how absurd things can become – thanks to the EU: Diesel was supposed to reduce CO2., but the car manufacturers, to increase their profits, cheated, and produced radically more nitrogen oxide than permitted, […]
EU politics
Aeron Davis: Is the British establishment finally finished?
The British elite in self-destruction mode. Aeron Davis looks at the developments in Britain’s establishment of the past 50 years and why it is inexorably dedicated to destroying itself – unfortunately with a lot of […]