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.”
EU politics
Bill Mitchell: British legislation must be able to override EU law – that is what independence means
Let us be honest, the EU perpetually breaks rules, laws, and treaties. Bill Mitchell lists many of these. Read here
Economics
Center for Global Development: The World Bank’s Uncivil War on Corporate Tax
A broad array of international actors agrees that many developing countries desperately need to collect more tax revenue. Read here
EU politics
Julian-Nicolas Calfuqir – In France, the Far Right Is Beating a Divided Left
‘Two years ago, a left-wing alliance denied Emmanuel Macron his majority in parliament. But today the forces of the Left are deeply divided — making Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National almost the sole contender for […]
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