A long-standing effort to make big investment funds abide by the same rules that banks and brokerages follow has bogged down. The fund industry says it supports the rules — it just has a few quibbles.
Climate Crisis
Friends of the Earth: EU Commission gives in to big biotech’s tactics to deregulate new GMOs
Citizens’ concerns and already-proven farming solutions to climate change are dismissed Read here Marching against new GMOs (c) Via Campesina
Economics
Bill Mitchell: US labour market showing signs of faltering as real wages continue to decline
Any analyst who is claiming the US economy is close to full employment hasn’t looked at the data. Read Here
EU politics
Owen Jones: Labour must be bolder – only a wealth tax can defeat inequality
Political parties will have to find the courage to start increasing taxes on excessive wealth – of private citizens and of corporations. That is a good start. What can follow is suggested here by Owen […]
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