Corporate lobbies often exert heavy pressure on member states’ decision-making in the Council of the EU, especially when it comes to making new rules and regulations. But how does the influencing work in practice?
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Climate Crisis
DeSmog UK: Coal Mine in Druridge Bay Rejected by Communities Secretary Sajid Javid due to Climate Concerns
When in Tory Britain an application for a new coal mine is rejected due to climate concern, then something must be afoot. Read here
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: IMF changes tune on industry policy – shamelessly – Part 1
First it was capital controls (no one talks about the success of Iceland with this policy) that the IMF revised. Now it is what the IMF refers to as “The policy that shall not be […]
Economics
David Graeber and David Wengrow: How to change the course of human history (at least, the part that’s already happened)
The story we have been telling ourselves about our origins is wrong, and perpetuates the idea of inevitable social inequality. David Graeber and David Wengrow ask why the myth of ‘agricultural revolution’ remains so persistent, […]
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