The United Nations’ top court on Wednesday (31 January 2024) mostly rejected Ukraine’s claims that Russia was financing “terrorism” in eastern Ukraine, saying only that Moscow had failed to investigate alleged breaches.
Economics
Des Freedman: Lecturers are fed up with being the big losers in the higher education market
What is described in this piece is symptomatic for the whole of Europe. Our universities are destined to become commodities in service of neo-liberalism. Let us not forget that education is what made European culture […]
EU politics
Bill Mitchell: The sham of ECB independence
The ECB’s power is disturbing in the sense that its decision makers are unelected and largely unaccountable. It does have to provide reports to the European Parliament but it mostly does what it likes. Worst […]
Finance
Quartz: A Nobel-winning economist’s guide to taming tech monopolies
The question of how to break up tech monopolies is one of the most pressing currently. Jean Tirole provides some important ideas. Read here
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