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Lina Gálvez – Spain: The rise of precarious labour

January 11, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Spanish companies are clocking up profits and dividends at the expense of their workforce, especially young Spaniards, as well as to the detriment of society. No wonder young graduates are going for less glamourous jobs, […]

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Desmond Cohen – Not in it together: the distributional impact of austerity

January 10, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Are people being taxed fairly? Not in Britain. New data reveals how the tax and benefit changes made since 2010 have disproportionately fallen on the poorest, ethnic minorities, women, children and the disabled. Read here  

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Facinating Aida: Silver jubilee – The market

January 10, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Can economics be entertaining? Try this:

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arte: HSBC – Gangsters of Finance

January 9, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Since the 2008 crisis, HSBC has been involved in countless scandals: Money laundering for drug cartels, corruption, tax fraud… And yet the international bank escapes justice with insignificant fines. Why are they “too big to […]

Finance

Will Hutton: We can undo privatisation. And it won’t cost us a penny

January 9, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

End privitisation. A vast majority of Britons want their utilities and railways renationalised. Will Hutton suggests an alternative: The Public Benefit Company. Read here  

Corruption

Investigate Europe: The overlooked past of the ‘next PM of Greece’

January 8, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

After being crushed ba the EU, the European Central Bank, and the IMF and the sellout by Syriza, Greece appears to be returning to its oligarchic legacy. That is not reform, that is reactionary politics. […]

Economics

Daniel Margrain: Socialism for the rich

January 7, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Taxes are there to take from the poor and give to the rich. Neo-liberalism is socialism turned on its head.”This situation is not only unjust, corrupt and undemocratic, it is unsustainable.” Read here  

EU politics

The Irish Times: ‘Double Irish’ and ‘Dutch Sandwich’ saved Google $3.7bn in tax in 2016

January 6, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Irish government supports tax-evading Google. The Irish government is profiting at the cost of the rest of the EU. By providing international corporations with legal tax dodges, it is depriving the rest of the EU […]

EU politics

euronews: Ireland and Hungary reject EU-wide tax harmonisation moves

January 6, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Tax cheats have a safe haven in the EU. Once again the European Union fails to stop international corporations gaining billions in illicit profits. This is money urgently needed for investment in EU nations. Read […]

Finance

The Local: Apple sues French tax activists who occupied Paris store

January 6, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Apple sues attac activists. Apple avoids taxes, which are necessary to finance our justicessystems in the EU, yet use EU courts to sue those who protest. The EU seems to be very happy with this […]

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The Debt Delusion by John Weeks

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Book review by Mathew D. Rose When Ha-Joon Chang exhorted: “We need an economic literacy campaign so people understand the language used by the ruling class”, he was probably thinking of books like John Weeks’ […]

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Capital in the 21st Century by Thomas Piketty

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Book Review by Michael Roberts Back in 2014, French economist Thomas Piketty published a blockbuster book, Capital in the 21st century.  Repeating the name of Marx’s Capital, the implication of the title was that it […]

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