The firing of the anti-monopolist Barry Lynn at the behest of Google has brought the topic of tech monopolies into the political limelight in the US. This is a long read, but provides an insight into Lynn’s work and those pushing back. The question is, why is this hardly a topic in Europe? In the EU illegal cartels have become endemic and de facto tolerated by the EU, having to fear only minor fines in comparison to their transgression, thus translating into trans-European monopolies.
Climate Crisis
phys.org: Climate: Removing CO2 from the air no longer optional
The burning question going into the Glasgow climate summit is whether major economies can, by 2050, reduce emissions enough to deliver a carbon neutral world in which humanity no longer adds planet-warming gases to the […]
EU politics
Stephen Metcalf: Neoliberalism: the idea that swallowed the world
From The Guardian The word Neoliberalism has become a rhetorical weapon, but it properly names the reigning ideology of our era – one that venerates the logic of the market and strips away the things […]
EU politics
Bloomberg: German Property Stocks Fall on Berlin Rent-Freeze Proposal
Germany’s biggest residential landlords declined on concern that the City of Berlin will freeze rents in the capital for five years in response to a surge in housing costs. Read here Photo by Roland Hoppe […]
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