The decline of British fishing drove coastal support for leaving the EU, but many of the industry’s problems have an origin closer to home.
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Unearthed: Privatising the seas: how the UK turned fishing rights into a commodity
Corruption
Norbert Häring: The Curious Silence of the British Media Regarding Mark Carney and the Secretive G30
Mario Draghi has been forced to leave the opaque G30. If the head of the ECB should not be there, why is the head of the Bank of England still a member? Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Latest data – largest quarterly output decline in recorded US history – but Europe is worse
Unfortunately mostly US and little Europe. But as the US is faring better than Europe it is still a bellwether and might provide some insights with regard to the EU. Read here
EU politics
Thomas Piketty: Suppression of the wealth tax: an historical error
The suppression of the wealth tax (Impôt sur la Fortune or ISF) by Emmanuel Macron constitutes a serious moral, economic and historical mistake. This decision reveals a profound misunderstanding of the challenges to inequality posed by […]
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