Corruption
David Pegg and Rob Evans: Airbus launches internal corruption investigation after Guardian exposé
From The Guardian Airbus is in the headlines due to corruption still again Read here
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EU politics
Thomas Piketty: Re-thinking the capital code
Thomas Piketty on the new French labour laws Read here
EU politics
Yanis Varoufakis: For Europe’s sake, Britain must not be defeated
Yanis Varoufakis on the Brexit negotiations Read here A standard note on Brexit We at Brave New Europe don’t take a position on Brexit. While we recognise that many dark and odious forces lay behind […]
Finance
The Herald (Scotland): Scots ‘tax haven’ firms bypassing transparency laws
Scotland is being used as a tax haven, to launder illicit money, and other financial crimes, while the authorities look on To the article
Finance
Barry Lynn – Google, critics, and freedom of speech
From The Guardian The case of Barry Lynn: Scholar says Google criticism cost him job: ‘People are waking up to its power’ To the article
EU politics
George Monbiot: How Do We Get Out of This Mess?
George Monbiot makes a number of proposals for a new politics, designed for the 21st Century To the article
EU politics
William Davies: What Is “Neo” About Neoliberalism?
How to tell the difference between liberalism and something else. To the article
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 […]