EU politics
Prem Sikka: Unpicking the City of London’s new finance sector propaganda
A new report paints a rosy picture of the finance sector’s tax contribution. Prem Sikka digs a bit deeper… Read here
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Economics
Prem Sikka: Six ways to sort out sky-rocketing executive pay
One of the author’s of Labour’s new policy paper on executive pay sets out how to rein in the fat cats. Read here
Corruption
Prem Sikka – The state still matters: Why the private sector doesn’t have all the solutions
When the UK private sector has been reluctant to embrace risks, the state has stepped in Read here
EU politics
Prem Sikka: When will the bankers who’ve rigged our economy be held to account?
Regulators are incapable of protecting the public from economic crime, writes accounting expert Prem Sikka. Read here
EU politics
Prem Sikka: Too many bean-counters: How an ‘accounting curse’ is hurting the UK economy
Another day and another accounting episode hits the headlines. No, it is not Carillion, BHS, Conviviality, Rolls Royce, Serco, SIG or Tesco. This week it is BT, which has admitted that its accounting for pensions contained […]
EU politics
Prem Sikka: There’s only one way to solve inequality and fat-cattery – and it isn’t ‘naming and shaming’
As new figures show wage stagnation for workers – and big pay hikes for bosses – Prem Sikka argues it’s time to bold solutions to the inequality crisis. Read here
Corruption
Prem Sikka: After decades of following a failed economic model, we need to reshape the state
The neo-liberal state has become a guarantor of corporate profits and engineer for increased inequaltiy . This has to change. . Read here
Corruption
Prem Sikka: The UK’s financial regulators are presiding over widespread corporate failure
As we are probably heading into the next financial crisis, afterwards there will be the great outcry concerning the lack of regulation. It never went away following the last financial crisis. Read here
EU politics
Prem Sikka: The RBS sell-off can’t hide the Tories’ failure to clean up its rotten culture
RBS is being slowly privatised – but little has been done to check the corrupt culture, argues accounting expert Prem Sikka. Read here
EU politics
Prem Sikka: Want to end wealth inequality in Britain? Cap the bosses’ bonuses
Checking soaring executive pay is necessary for reducing income inequalities, but the government continually fails to address the issue. Read here