Fresh food supply chains in Europe’s transnational agribusinesses depend on cheap, non-unionised, and privately managed labour from low-wage eastern European countries.
EU politics
Thomas Piketty: Wealth tax in America
Thomas Piketty calls for an annual wealth tax, in addition to a progressive income tax and inehritance tax. Not only in the USA, but in Europe as well. Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell – US and UK fiscal stimulus supporting growth while the delays in the Eurozone lead to a double-dip recession
Fiscal support should always err on the side of ‘too much for too long’ rather than ‘too little for not long enough’. Read here
National Politics
Al Jazeera: Saudi Arabia executes 81 people in a single day
The death penalty applied for a range of charges in the largest known mass execution carried out in the kingdom’s modern history. Read Here
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