Nick Shaxson: If tax havens scare you, monopolies should too. And vice versa.

A short, but interesting article that demonstrates why statistics can be completely useless (something we saw with Ireland’s GDP – Leprechaun Economics click here). Read here

Berlin expands Bundeswehr activities in Southeast Asia and participates in joint exercises with Indonesia. Jakarta is resolutely unwilling to be pitted against China. Read HERE

Is Trump a destinarian, determined to expand the frontiers of the United States, or merely an opportunist looking to exercise the ‘art of the deal’? In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.