EU politics
City of London: Capital of an invisible empire
An interview with Michael Oswald and John Christensen concerning The Spider’s Web, their film about Britain’s tax haven empire. Read here
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EU politics
Torsten Bell: Politicians need to be talking about solutions to the housing crisis
Torsten Bell, Director of the Resolution Foundation, concerning the housing crisis of the young in Britain. Read here
Finance
John Rapley: Ten Years After: We Blew the Great Crash, Let’s not Waste the Next Crisis
We did not learn from the Great Financial Crisis, and have thereby prepared the ground for the next Read here
EU politics
Norbert Häring: Pressure is mounting on Draghi and the G30
Is the European Central Bank President too close to Europe’s banks? Someone thinks so. Read here
EU politics
Chris Dillow – Stumbling and Mumbling: Corbyn’s success: centrists’ failure
Dillow cites the creation of a proletarianized professional cadre as a political game changer in the UK Read here
Corruption
David Pegg: Corrupt Brazilian tycoon among applicants for Portugal’s golden visas
From The Guardian While the EU allows thousands of refugees to drown, member states are selling EU citizenship to millionaires of dubious character Read here
EU politics
George Monbiot: Urge, Splurge, Purge
The demand for perpetual economic growth, and the collective madness it provokes, leads inexorably to environmental collapse Read here
EU politics
Bill Mitchell – billy blog: Jean-Claude Juncker in denial and somewhat delusional
With regard to EU-Commission President jean Claude Juncker’s speech concerning the future of the EU last week Mitchell writes: “Juncker’s speech displayed the usual mixture of hubris, denial and error-prone behaviour that has defined his […]
Finance
Alex Cobham: KPMG And The False Objectivity Of The ‘Big Four’
From the Huffington Post It’s time to recognise them for what they are or we’ll continue getting stung, says economist and Chief Executive of the Tax Justice Network, Alex Cobham. Read here
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