Austerity
Michael Roberts – Spain: the challenge for Sanchez
Michael Roberts analyses the Spanish economy and why it remains subdued. Read here
Financial Institutions
Economics
Tax Justice Network – Why we can’t afford the rich: our May 2018 podcast
In this month’s Taxcast: We discuss why we can’t afford the rich and challenge ideas about wealth, entrepreneurialism and investment. Also: ten years ago the Tax Justice Network was told it’d never happen, but this […]
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
Finance
Atul K. Shah – Transforming Accounting and Finance Education
Atul K. Shah highlights the importance of reforming teaching methods and curricula to match the growing demands for culture, ethics and sustainable development Professor Atul K. Shah is a writer and broadcaster based at the […]
Economics
Richard Murphy – The Goals of Economic Policy
British economic policy framework leaves a vacuum of responsibility for delivering an economy in which people can flourish. In response, Professor Richard Murphy outlines an alternative set of goals for economic policy. Richard Murphy is Professor of […]
Austerity
Ann Pettifor – Is it unreasonable to blame bankers/rentiers for the rise in populism?
According to Pettifor Global bankers and financiers are to blame for the rise of populist and fascist political parties after the Great Financial Crisis and are already leading us to the next financial disaster. Ann […]
Economics
Clea Bourne – AI, Millennials, and Monopolies
Clea Bourne looks at developments of the tech sector.
Austerity
Paul Mason: Neoliberalism is a real economic model – here’s how the left can overturn it
The replacement of a hyper-financialised system will require a radical reshaping of the state, new national and global institutions, and new treaties. Read here
Finance
Richard Murphy and Saila Stausholm: The Big Four – A study of opacity
Not recent, but still current today, concerning The secret world of the Big 4 firms of accountants
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 – […]