Blogger The General Theorist wonders whether Christine Lagarde’s patchy performance as managing director of the IMF qualifies her for the trickier role of president of the European Central Bank. “The assumption that Lagarde is a like-for-like replacement of Mario Draghi is a huge misreading of her track-record.”
Corruption
The Guardian: Lawyer says Foreign Office told her to ignore EU corruption evidence
A typical example of the daily corruption endemic in the EU. The EU’s attitude towards whistle-blowers appears to be similar to its attitude towards democracy: both just get in the way of the EU elite […]
Finance
Tax Justice Network – Making history: an end to anonymous companies in the UK’s Overseas Territories
This is a landmark decision. Despite the fact that it will be a couple of years until it can be einforced it is a belwether for the decline of tax havens Read here
EU politics
the journal.ie: Italy’s competition watchdog is investigating Ryanair’s hand luggage charge
This is what governments should be for: To protect their citizens from predatory capitalists. Well done Italy. Read here
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