Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, living in self-imposed exile in Belgium, will run in the May 26 European Parliament elections as the leading candidate of Junts per Catalunya (JxCat), his political party said on Sunday. An interesting development.
Economics
The Local it: Italy announces plan to take over struggling Alitalia airline
Instead of pumping billions into private airlines, nations that need one should nationalise one flag carrier for 1 cent while letting the discount airlines go bankrupt, and start charging a fair price that also include […]
EU politics
Politico: Italy fines Amazon €1.13 billion for abusing market dominance
Competition agency also orders Amazon to set ‘fair and non-discriminatory standards’ for third-party sellers. Read here
Corruption
Nick Shaxson – The finance curse: how the outsized power of the City of London makes Britain poorer
The financial sector is hailed as the crowning glory of the UK economy. But as it blooms, everything else withers. This is true wherever the financial sector becomes dominant in the economy, similar to what […]
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