Discussion of the ethical lapses and financial conflicts of interest of Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s Foreign Minister and leading Russiaphobe.
Read more...Dean Baker discusses the push toward privatization of Social Security just after the system celebrates its 82nd birthday.
Read more...The FDIC’s Tom Hoenig takes up the thankless task of shellacking the latest self-serving whinge from Jamie Dimon.
Read more...The tale of a barcoded duffel bag that’s gone astray– and the crapification of the system for finding it. Booking via AMEX no help.
Read more...Obama signs up to collect fat speaking fees from Wall Street for services rendered to the 1% during his presidency.
Read more...India radical demonetization policy: Is this a decisive action against the black economy or an ill-considered, damagingly arbitrary act?
Read more...The £1 billion HBOS Reading fraud, my part in exposing it, and what it tells us about the state of British banking
Read more...Latest salvo on cash: European Commission explores setting a maximum limit on cash transactions, to apply cross-regionally from 2018.
Read more...India’s demonetization debacle has destroyed growth in what was the world’s fastest growing economy while failing to ferret out black money.
Read more...Introduction Regular readers will be fully up to speed on the Reserve Bank of India’s botched attempt at a handbrake turn style demonetisation thanks to Jerri-Lynn Scofield’s thorough coverage (see here, here and here for more background on this sorry tale). But the Indian government’s attempt at implementing a strategy of moving an economy away from physical cash […]
Read more...An ignominious decade of UK company registration, illustrated by UK companies formed by Ian Taylor, an old friend from New Zealand
Read more...Has the progressive left in western democracies forgotten how to embrace the mainstream? When I compare the approach which anti-neoliberal causes take in the U.S. and Europe with the approach taken by the same causes in Asian countries, especially Japan, I can only say yes, it has. One explanation for how pro-labor movements have been […]
Read more...Austerity appears to be quietly going out of fashion.
Read more...Deutsche Bank’s $10Bn: the shell company back story
Read more...Thomas Friedman has managed to outdo himself on the downside.
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