Surveys indicate that consumers are souring on the ubiquitous use of plastic packaging– at least in the UK. Yet these shifts alone won’t be sufficient to address the problem. Governments must up their regulatory game, and global action is necessary.
Read more...The chief architects of the exercise in looting otherwise known as the post-crisis rescues are back promoting more of the same.
Read more...In their 21st-century role as counterparty/dealer/insurer of last resort, central bankers must not simply use their balance sheets indiscriminately to provide a liquidity backstop during the downturns. They must embrace this counterparty role as an umpire, rather than an enabler.
Read more...Understanding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s potential impact on corporate regulation and the climate means looking back all the way to 1890, to the era of Lochner v. New York and the robber barons.
Read more...Second Circuit last week narrowed the reach of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, but will not redirect the DoJ to focus on enforcement of more significant violations that occur closer to home.
Read more...Talks kick off in New York on Tuesday to negotiate a UN treaty on the high seas by 2020; this would extend the existing law of the sea framework beyond each nation’s territorial waters.
Read more...RBI annual report reaffirms demonetization had little impact on ferreting out black money; BJP majority blocks release of scathing parliamentary standing committee on finance report on the policy’s failure.
Read more...Ten years later, Trump’s rise to power is a consequence of poor governance.
Read more...Verizon shows that extortion is fundamental to its business model.
Read more...Is the EU playing iron fist in velvet glove on the UK’s Brexit pitch for a financial services equivalence deal?
Read more...Why the currency crisis in Turkey is a due in part to the failure to take adequate corrective measures after the global financial crisis.
Read more...The Turkish lira has been under significant pressure in recent weeks. What is the EU’s exposure to possible crisis in Turkey and how should the EU react?
Read more...Why taking accounting for granted is a really bad idea.
Read more...A reading of what has changed since the crash and what problems remain.
Read more...Why shareholders are getting a raw deal out of the misguided corporate fixation on “maximizing shareholder value,” and Elizabeth Warren’s new bill is therefore good for them.
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