
Money talks
Willy Diddens on why philanthropists think they have to evade tax. Call it branding, public perception, corporate image or optics, ultimately the great majority of people, businesses, governments spend a …
Money talks Read MoreFrom Promoting Economic Pluralism
Willy Diddens on why philanthropists think they have to evade tax. Call it branding, public perception, corporate image or optics, ultimately the great majority of people, businesses, governments spend a …
Money talks Read MoreMy first real consciousness of the super-rich happened as a teenager while working over the summer for my black-sheep uncle, a 1960s hippy turned Parisian artisan woodworker for the rich. …
More or less equal? Read MoreA tale of the downfall of another powerful predatory male and its aftershocks. So once more I visited the eye-wateringly expensive restaurant, Nobed. It is a haunt of celebrities as …
Out of pocket rocket Read MoreThere’s more to extreme wealth than first appears. Mark Thomas points it out. We are all used to inequality. There is inequality of height, weight, shoe size and just about …
Some are more equal than others Read MoreInnovative economic thinker, Nicholas Gruen, has been seeking to influence policy and programmes for many years in Australia and beyond. Unlike many policy proponents, he has a deep understanding of …
Power corrupts Read MoreDo economists speak their mind or mind what they speak? Blair Fix interprets. Economists of all nationalities, when speaking about their area of expertise, have their own words and ways …
Power: don’t mention it Read MoreIn a pandemic stricken world where the economy is struggling and many human achievements have gone in reverse, the United Nations has set “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future …
Bangladesh: Women are prominent in politics and the workforce – but many lack decision-making powers Read MoreThe time has come to pucker up and give Trump a kiss. Our collective sanity is being assailed by an unrelenting locust-swarm media and the groaning end of a socioeconomic …
Defunding the past Read More1.2 trillion estimated to be sitting in private foundations right now, during the pandemic, is not necessarily going to move to nonprofits. Charitable giving has been on the rise in …
How wealth inequality is warping the world of philanthropy Read MoreTom London tells how self-aggrandisement, warmongering and bribing the population was a feature of national leadership millennia before any president. Like the Fascist dictator Mussolini, evoking the Roman Empire, and …
Fake news (the emperor’s old clothes) Read More