‘Google and the other large companies that form part of the global tech vanguard are squeezing every last drop out of the “double Irish, Dutch sandwich” tax-avoidance trick before the loophole is finally closed by the State next year.’
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Sustainability
ICCT: The EU needs new environmental safeguard measures for advanced biofuels
Biofuels seem to have created many more problems than they solved. ICCT , which gained prominence in heoping to expose Volkswagen’s diesel affair, takes a look at new potential dangers as the European Commission forms […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Fiscal policy paralysis and ECB credibility in tatters
Last week, the EU finance ministers (the ‘Eurogroup’) met (June 13, 2019) in Luxembourg as part of their regular schedule. There was a lot of talk in the lead-up to the meeting whether Emmanual Macron’s […]
Economics
Economist Mariana Mazzucato on the Downside of Shareholder Value
“We’ve confused rent with profits, value extraction with value creation.” Read here
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