France 24: France wants Swiss bank UBS fined 1.6 billion euros for tax fraud

Today (Friday January 24) marks the seventh national day of strikes in France against the government’s proposed pension reforms, as protesters call for more action on Wednesday, January 29, 30 and 31. Read here

This is truly an historical article. Simon Wren-Lewis has written a blog without mentioning Brexit – and its a good one. Read here  

Piketty brings together two simple phenomena: a neo-liberal EU resulting in a neo-liberal/far-right success – in this case in Italy. Read here