This is a very long, but enjoyable to read article covering a lot of terrain concerning monopolies, tax, intellectual property, the free trade myth, and TRIPS. The perfect weekend read. Counterbalance is a newsletter from […]
Rules and laws are to often there to protect the rich and the powerful, not the common good. Nick Shaxson is the author of the books Poisoned Wells, Treasure Islands, and The Finance Curse, and […]
This is the first part of a series about how finance concentrates economic power. By Nicholas Shaxson Subscribe to The Counterbalance now Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International In July Darren Jones, the […]
As Joe Biden’s administration starts to challenge the democracy-warping powers of giant multinationals, Britain and Europe risk being left behind Michelle Meagher is co-founder of Balanced Economy Project, competition lawyer and author of ‘Competition Is […]
An interview with Tommaso Valletti, who served as Chief Competition Economist at the European Commission from 2016 until 2019. He tells us how, after moving from academic life to policy and being confronted with questions […]
Stock markets are the realm of the rich. They will not share 0.1 cent if not forced to. James S. Henry is an investigative economist and lawyer, Global Justice Fellow at Yale, Board member of […]
Inequality is out of control in pretty much every country in the world. The Tax Justice Network and many others have laid out a range of policy prescriptions for change, and now even the world’s […]
You may be tired of reading about tax havens, but great progress is being made in understanding their structures. Get caught up with Nick Shaxson. Nick Shaxson is an Investigative Journalist on the staff of […]
As we keep writing, GDP is a tool for deception rather than a true measurement of a society’s well-being and its economy. Nick Shaxson is an Investigative Journalist on the staff of Tax Justice Network. […]
Ghana, gold, secrecy, London, tax havens, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan — what could possibly go wrong? Nick Shaxson is an Investigative Journalist on the staff of Tax Justice Network. His new book, The Finance Curse, […]
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