Corruption
The Guardian: Uber loses appeal in UK employment rights case
This is further good news for workers in their attempt to regulate the gig economy – something that most governments are not doing. Read here
Finance
Economics
Charles Adams – The measurement problem in political economy: a solution
It is accepted that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is not fit for purpose, especially in this age of climate change. Charles Adams proposes an alternative. Charles Adams is professor of physics at Durham University in […]
Finance
Tax Justice Network: Enough evidence on trusts – where are the State’s actions?
Our two last papers on trusts (here and here) described trusts’ involvement in grand corruption and other cases that would anger any rational person. The Paradise Papers, and recent case law, shed outrageous new light on trusts’ […]
Finance
Open Markets Institute Calls on the Federal Trade Commission to Block All Facebook Acquisitions
This article deals with the situation in the USA, but Facebook’s is just as ubiquitous and dominant in Europe. The newly formed Open Markets Institute is one of the most important organisations challenging monopolies and […]
Finance
Gabriel Zucman: The desperate inequality behind global tax dodging
Nearly 10% of the world’s wealth is held offshore by a few individuals. The rest of us pay the price for this theft Read here
Finance
Richard Murphy: The case against subsidising the Isle of Man to be a tax haven goes to the House of Commons
The whole situation surrounding tax havens becomes more absurd by the day. This sums up well still another example of this hypocrisy. Read here
Finance
Tax Justice Network – Are the activities uncovered in the Paradise Papers ‘legal’ – a plea to journalists
It has been extremely irritating to constantly read in articles about the Paradise Papers that what is being reported is not illegal. This is not necessarily correct and is certainly not necessary. A journalist is […]
Finance
Heiner Flassbeck: What Will Cutting ‘Quantitative Easing’ Mean for Europe?
In The Real News Network The European Central Bank (ECB) announced that it will reduce its cash injection program, known as quantitative easing, by half. Economist Heiner Flassbeck discusses the consequences this will have for […]
Economics
Johnna Montgomerie – Tackling Britain’s private debt crisis
As of July 2017, the Bank of England measured the stock of private debt held by individuals at £1.548 trillion; making household sector indebtedness one of the biggest problems facing the United Kingdom’s economy and […]
Corruption
Philip Goff: Tax rogues like Bono are harming the world’s poorest people
With the Paradise Papers in the headlines, we at BRAVE NEW EUROPE are trying to publish what we consider the best critical articles on the topic. Read here