Nicholas Shaxson unveils the secrets of the seriously, filthy rich and talks me through how many of the world’s offshore tax havens are not only tropical islands, but actually British & OECD territories. Just what effect does that shadowy ‘spider web’ network of wealth extraction have on our societies? How are offshore tax havens central to the global economy? What is the finance curse?
EU politics
Jon Pullman – WitchHunt
This film is an attempt to come to grips with the weaponisation of anti-semitism to combat progressive politics. Watch here
Economics
Andrea Lorenzo Capussela – The Political Economy of Italy’s Decline
20 March 2019 in Berlin A talk in our series “Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau” Italy is a rich society served by an advanced manufacturing sector, where the rule of law is weak, however, and […]
Austerity
Mark Blyth and Carrie Nordlund – 2018 End of Year Roundup
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown’s Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown’s Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the week’s news. In our 2018 year end […]
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