In a landmark decision, the Irish Supreme Court has held that that Domino’s pizza delivery drivers are employees rather than independent contractors. This decision is of great significance to employers and those in the gig economy as it explores the test for determining employment status.
Geopolitics
Statement in Support of Critical Scholarship
As concerned anthropologists and social scientists, we join scholars and scholarly associations around the world in voicing our dismay at the increasing threats to freedom of expression that target scholarship critical of the violence in […]
Economics
Richard Murphy: The government does not spend taxpayers’ money: that clears the government’s debt to the Bank of England
Richard Murphy explains that taxes do not finance govenment spending, but helps to pay down debts. A government creates it own funds or borrows money when it needs it. The idea that a government cannot […]
Corruption
Reuters: Italian government faces criticism over consulting contract with McKinsey over EU funds
Why does the EU need a political class if it is no longer capable of governing? To decide which consultants will do their work and then collect the kickback? Read here
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