EU politics
City of London: Capital of an invisible empire
An interview with Michael Oswald and John Christensen concerning The Spider’s Web, their film about Britain’s tax haven empire. Read here
Finance
EU politics
Dieter Vesper – A Change in Germany`s Fiscal Policy is Necessary to Overcome the Crisis in Europa
Germany wants the EU to export itself out of its unprecedentedprolonged economic stagnation – a policy known as beggaring thy neighbour. While the Eurozone has relied on monetary policy to promote recovery, due to austerity […]
Corruption
Vladimir Radomirović – Serbia: A Corrupt Political Class
Corruption is endemic to most of Europe, Scandinavia being the great exception. In Serbia corruption is not only damaging the economy, but hindering the development of democracy. Vladimir Radomirović is editor-in-chief of Pištaljka (The Whistle), […]
Finance
John Rapley: Ten Years After: We Blew the Great Crash, Let’s not Waste the Next Crisis
We did not learn from the Great Financial Crisis, and have thereby prepared the ground for the next Read here
EU politics
Norbert Häring: Pressure is mounting on Draghi and the G30
Is the European Central Bank President too close to Europe’s banks? Someone thinks so. Read here
EU politics
Chris Dillow – Stumbling and Mumbling: Corbyn’s success: centrists’ failure
Dillow cites the creation of a proletarianized professional cadre as a political game changer in the UK Read here
EU politics
Fran Boait and Stan Jourdan – 10 years after the financial crisis: Central banks need an overhaul
Ten years on from the outbreak of the Great Financial Crisis Fran Boait and Stan Jourdan evaluate the policy of central banks since then and propose reforms of the European Central Bank that are necessary […]
EU politics
Bill Mitchell – billy blog: Jean-Claude Juncker in denial and somewhat delusional
With regard to EU-Commission President jean Claude Juncker’s speech concerning the future of the EU last week Mitchell writes: “Juncker’s speech displayed the usual mixture of hubris, denial and error-prone behaviour that has defined his […]
Finance
Alex Cobham: KPMG And The False Objectivity Of The ‘Big Four’
From the Huffington Post It’s time to recognise them for what they are or we’ll continue getting stung, says economist and Chief Executive of the Tax Justice Network, Alex Cobham. Read here
Finance
Strike by employees or McDonalds in Britain organised by Momentum
40 staff from McDonald’s restaurants in Cambridge and Crayford walked out on September 4th over the transnational company’s use of zero-hours contracts and lack of union recognition. Listen here und here