State predation is not new in Ukraine. Investigations targeting legitimate businesses – aimed at either extorting money or taking over companies at a fraction of their value – have been a feature of Ukrainian business life since independence. However, large-scale predatory activities by so-called law enforcement agencies were curbed after the Revolution of Dignity.
Economics
Bill Mitchell: “We need the state to bail out the entire nation”
Probably the only ones trying to hold on to the old ideology are the Germans, although in practice they will do anything to save the 1%. Read here
Climate Crisis
euronews: The EU’s hydrogen plans are a dangerous distraction driven by corporate interests
A good summary of recent developments concerning the EU’s corrupt and disastrous hydrogen policy. Read HERE
Economics
Simon Wren-Lewis: The fatal inconsistency within neoliberalism
There is nothing wrong with a free market. There is when it has been corrupted by neo-liberalism resulting in monopolies and crony-capitalism. It then destroys the market, and that is where we currently are. Read […]
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