Category Archives: Guest Post
Taxcast: A Firewall to Protect EU Citizens from the Big Four Accountancy Firms and the Tax Avoidance Lobby
In the Tax Justice Network’s July 2018 Taxcast, Vickie Cann and John Christensen examine a proposal for a firewall to protect EU citizens from the Big Four accountancy firms and the tax avoidance lobby, as well as look at a new report from the Corporate Europe Observatory.
Read more...Links 7/28/18
Google Android: European ‘Techlash’ or Milestone in Antitrust Enforcement?
A discussion of the legal and economic issues at play in the EU Competition Commission’s antitrust ruling against Google for abuse of its dominant position with Android phones.
Read more...Can the Migration Plan of Spain’s PSOE Reverse the Fortunes of Europe’s Social Democrats?
Why he future of the EU social democratic parties very likely depends on how the PSOE will address the migration issue.
Read more...Tom Engelhardt: Three Failing Experiments – Mine, America’s Humanity’s?
Engelhardt’s birthday post reflects on how failings are catching up with us, individually and collectively.
Read more...China Pumps $74B Into Banks Amid Credit Crisis
China throws some money at banks to offset the effects of its deleveraging initiative.
Read more...The World Is Hot, on Fire, and Flooding. Climate Change is Here.
In the midst of a global heat wave, the media refuses to talk about climate change.
Read more...The Middle Precariat: The Downwardly Mobile Middle Class
The middle class has taken a big hit. Is it going to mobilize?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 7/25/2018
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Trade “Farmers prefer Trump do trade deals than hand them cash” [Associated Press]. ” Many farmers remain critical of President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the damage done to commodity prices and markets but were appreciative Tuesday that he offered to provide some cash to help offset their losses… “This is […]
Read more...10 Down-to-Earth Things Powell Said about Cryptocurrencies
The Fed is perfectly content to have cryptocurrencies be the SEC’s problem.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Argentina’s New $50 Billion IMF Loan Is Designed to Replay its 2001 Crisis
Michael Hudson explains why the new IMF bailout of Argentina will not end well.
Read more...The Regulation That Could Push Oil To $200
A measure to clean up maritime fuel oil could cause havoc for oil prices generally.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 7/24/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, Ocasio-Cortez, Russia narrative, manufacturing, commodities, shipping, Google, local journalism, Facebook, living in your car, Apple’s thin laptop debacle
Read more...Argentina 20 Years On: Has the IMF Really Changed Its Ways?
The IMF is back in Argentina. The fund pretends that it’s moved away from borrower-punitive programs, but the evidence says otherwise.
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