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.
Corruption
Owen Jones: Tax avoidance may be legal but it’s bankrupting our social order
With the Paradise Papers in the headlines, we at BRAVE NEW EUROPE are trying to publish what we consider the best critical articles on the topic. Read here
National Politics
BBC: Brazil election: Lula makes stunning comeback
In good news for the planet and a major political setback for the USA Brazil has taken a turn to the left as former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro […]
Economics
Reuters: EU officials see money-laundering risks from high share of foreign deposits
This has been so obvious for years: the EU as money laundering and tax haven. These practices have however brought a lot of money into economies crippled through austerity and the resulting lack of investment. […]
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