EU politics
Mirror: Glaring tax divide between high street and online rivals destroys 140,000 jobs in Britain so far this year
Anyone really surprised? But it is good to have some numbers. Read here
Monopolies
EU politics
The Local de: Google shelves plans to open campus in Berlin Kreuzberg
Although the article could qualify as a puff piece for Google, the message is clear: Google does not like negative publicity and its image of being “cool” has been tarnished. Monopolies are not cool, they […]
Finance
Jacob Weisberg: The Autocracy App
Facebook is a company that has lost control—not of its business, which has suffered remarkably little from its series of unfortunate events since the 2016 election, but of its consequences. Read here
EU politics
Leighton Andrews – Is the tide turning on regulating Facebook and Google?
Facebook and Google are modern utilities – and natural monopolies – so they need a utility regulator. Leighton Andrews is Professor of Public Service Leadership and Innovation at Cardiff Business School, a former Welsh Government […]
Economics
Ann Pettifor – “Financial capitalism 10 years after Lehman Brothers
This is a talk held by Ann Pettifor on 15 September with the subject “Financial capitalism 10 years after Lehman Brothers (Inciting uprisings against the imperious government of finance capital)”, in Berlin at the Monarch […]
Economics
George Monbiot: Honourable Theft
How one young woman broke down the gates of knowledge Read here
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 […]