Faked Emissions May Send Volkswagen CEO to Prison
Bill Black examines the corrupt corporate worlds of Germany and the U.S. and how Trump ignores corporate malfeasance Click here to read full story
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Greece bears gifts
The European Union has lessons to learn from one of its least adept members writes Alex Tziamalis. While the UK is engulfed by Brexit – a battle for the strategic direction …
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Carmakers on course for $2-12bn fines for missing EU CO2 targets: Moody’s
The ratings agency warns of possible credit downgrades, while the UK’s auto lobby says ‘anti-diesel’ agenda has made targets harder to reach Click here to read full story
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Spanish Top-Tier Soccer Team Aims to Become Climate Neutral
UN Climate Change News, 13 March 2019. In an unprecedented move for a “La Liga” soccer club, Sevilla-based Real Betis Balompié has officially joined the Climate Neutral Now initiative of …
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Taxing for ‘true equality’: EU adopts tax and gender proposals
“Gender equality can and should be promoted at all levels, including fiscal policy. This report is an important step towards the promotion of a more equitable distribution of income, wealth, …
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The hard way
The Mint talked to Professor Ozlem Onaran about her journey from an undergraduate degree in engineering to being a professor in economics at Greenwich University. She started her career in …
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Who’s pulling the strings? Uncovering a tale of deregulation in the EU
To thrive we all need things like clean air, a safe environment, and decent working conditions. A woven network of regulations has been assembled over time to protect these basic …
Read More Economic Update: Seattle Firm Converts to Worker Co-Op
This week: Updates on Amazon subsidized by New York and Virginia; French people act to limit corporate greed; Sears favors bosses in bankruptcy too; Pfizer ups drug prices despite Trump; …
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Gamekeeper turned Revolutionary
Angus Armstrong is now leading a centre charged with the task of restoring the relevance of macroeconomics following its failure to see the possibility of the 2008 crash. And he …
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