Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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.
Bill Maher Leads Attack on Larry Wilkerson over Trump Meeting with Putin
Larry Wilkerson is roughed up by Bill Maher for the crime of saying taking steps to avert nuclear war with Russia is a good idea.
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.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/27/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Export bump, midterms, the gender gap, AOC, Stacey Abrams, Puerto Rico, DSA and youth, GDP and spin, consumer sentiment, batteries, Uber, AI, Mars, libaries
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.
Michel Barnier Nixes Theresa May’s Customs Union Scheme as Bad Brexit Dynamics Worsen
More Brexit Groundhog Day as the EU is compelled to say the same old “nos” to the UK.
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.
China Pumps $74B Into Banks Amid Credit Crisis
China throws some money at banks to offset the effects of its deleveraging initiative.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/26/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: EU tariffs, NAFTA, paper ballots, partisanship and luxury goods, durable goods, manufacturing, trade, Facebook debacle, AI, Mars opposition, labor economics ad technology, CRISPR in the bathroom
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.
CalPERS Pays $3.4 Million to Dow Jones to Settle Massive Copyright Infringement That We Exposed
CalPERS has torched $4 million total in beneficiary funds so far by acting as if it were above the law and could steal from journalists and publishers.
