How Pursuing “Competitiveness” Crushes Labor and Lowers Growth
Why pursuing national “competitiveness,” as in squeezing labor pay and rights, does not produce the promised benefit of more growth.
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The UK’s Money Laundering Mess (II): HM Treasury Weighs in (and so Does Russia, With a $46Bn Money Laundering Allegation)
Even HM Treasury thinks the UK’s anti money laundering framework is a mess
Read more...Don Quijones: US Threatens UK over Brexit Vote
The spectacle of the US attempting to influence UK domestic politics through having the US Trade Representative Michael Froman issue a threat is pathetic, overreaching, and unconvincing.
Read more...Worse Than Fossil Fuels? Why Bioenergy Is Not Green
Why bioenergy is much more costly in environmental terms than its boosters would have us believe.
Read more...TPP Teeters in US Congress
More and more Republicans look to be girding their loins to fight approval of the TPP. And it’s not as if Dems are all that keen either.
Read more...Eric Zuesse: Europe Secretly Starts Imposing TTIP “Trade” Deal Despite the Public’s Overwhelming Opposition
The European Union is already secretly imposing provisions from the secret Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) treaty, even before anyone has signed it, and even before it has been formally approved in any nation.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Slave Trafficking, TPP & the 2016 Presidential Contest
Progressives have been handed a wonderful opportunity to make a “strong move” against both TPP and slave trafficking — but only if they’re willing to take it.
Read more...Michael Hoexter: Should the US Federal Government Invest $4-$6 Trillion Per Year on Climate Protection? (Part 1 of 2)
Why the excuses to do nothing or too little on the climate change front don’t hold up to serious scrutiny.
Read more...The UK’s Money Laundering Mess (I)
The Billion Dollar Moldova Bank Scam: gateway to the UK’s money laundering mess
Read more...TPP Intellectual Property Chapter is “A Disaster for Global Health”
Yet another damming take on the TPP.
Read more...Don Quijones: Did the European Court of Justice Just Torpedo the Mother of All US Trade Agreements?
A European Court of Justice’s tough ruling on privacy may have tanked a toxic “trade” deal.
Read more...U.S. Climate Goals: A Reckoning
The current US lifestyle needs to go if the world is to succeed in limiting climate change.
Read more...Clinton Outdoes Tsipras in Kolotoumbas with Her Reversals on TPP, Bank Regulations
The big problem with Hillary is it is hard to believe she stands for anything other than her desire to exercise power. Her latest bout of opportunism only reinforces that notion.
Read more...How Likely are Investor Suits Under the TPP?
This post is written from the perspective of Australia, and assesses the risk of Investor-State Dispute Settlement litigation. And one has to wonder how well those cheery assurances of “Nah, the US is never a target of these investor suits” will hold up in practice.
Read more...Trans-Pacific Partnership: Should the Key Losers – China and Europe – Join Forces?
Can China and Europe forge a pact to undercut the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
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