Richard Murphy of Tax Research UK proposes hitting those wanton frequent fliers – such as workaholic businesspersons and owners of second homes abroad – with a progressive Tax to Save the Environment (TASTE). Unpopular but game-changing perhaps…
Economics
VilaWeb: Nissan closes its factories in Catalonia and puts 20,000 jobs at risk
Over 3,000 people work in the factories of Japanese carmaker, which moves out after 40 years of activity. Read here
EU politics
Thomas Piketty: Europe and the class cleavage
Three years after the referendum on Brexit and on the eve of the new European elections, the scepticism about Europe is still as strong, particularly amongst the most disadvantaged sections of society. Read here
Finance
Barry Lynn and Matt Stoller: How to stop Google and Facebook from becoming even more powerful
“We at the Open Markets Institute recently called on the FTC to put a hold on all future mergers and acquisitions by Facebook – and potentially Google and Amazon…such a ban would help provide the […]
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