Economics
George Monbiot: Honourable Theft
How one young woman broke down the gates of knowledge Read here
Monopolies
Economics
David Weil – Why We Should Worry About Monopsony
When a small group of companies can dominate a labour market, wages—and workers—suffer David Weil is Dean and Professor, Heller School of Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University Cross-posted from the Institute for New […]
Corruption
Stéfanie Khoury and David Whyte – The UN Human Rights Council’s “Draft Zero” still won’t prioritise human rights above the rights of corporations
Next month, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) will consider the first draft (“Draft Zero”) of a new treaty on the human rights responsibilities of corporations. It it has already been criticised for key shortcomings […]
Economics
Evonomics – Anat Admati: It Takes a Village of Media, Business, Policy, and Academic Experts to Maintain a Dangerous Financial System
A mix of distorted incentives, ignorance, confusion, and lack of accountability maintain a dangerous financial system Read here
Economics
Richard Murphy – Democratic socialism is the best thing that could ever happen for the market economy
Richard Murphy was asked recently to comment on a suggestion by a friend that socialism would always and inevitably destroy any society because it destroyed all incentives for any constructive human behaviour whereas capitalism did […]
EU politics
Save Your iInternet: Filternet
Explains the new internet law, Article 13. that corporate media is trying to purchase at the EU. Informative , yet with humour and charm – takes a moment to get going. The European Union […]
Finance
Norbert Häring – Brave New Money: PayPal, WeChat, Amazon Go – A Totalitarian World Currency in the Making
My new book in German with the translated title: “Brave New Money: PayPal, WeChat, Amazon Go – A Totalitarian World Currency in the Making” has just been published by Campus. I have translated the “Introduction […]
Economics
Matthew Yglesias: Elizabeth Warren has a plan to save capitalism
Elizabeth Warren is unveiling a bill to make corporate governance great again. Read here
Economics
Richard Murphy: CEOs are rigging markets to increase their pay and then sponsor free market mythology to justify their abuse
Rent is a redistribution of resources from those without power to those with it. Read here
Deregulation
Lucas S. Ferro, Sergi Cutillas , Toni Pérez – The taxi strike in Barcelona: the right to work versus the fake sharing economy
Taxi drivers in Madrid and Barcelona temporarily terminated their strike Wednesday night. The decision was made following an emergency meeting between national and regional authorities concerning Über and Cabify, which the taxi sectors views as […]