by editor | Mar 7, 2019 | Top Page Links
There’s good news and bad news for British free traders in the U.S. trade representative’s outlines for a U.S.-U.K. trade treaty. On the reasonable side are U.S. demands in agriculture, industrial goods and services. But the Trump Administration...
by editor | Mar 7, 2019 | Top Page Links
Italian bank customers who lost their savings and were awarded repayment are still waiting, notes Farefuturo in a fairly blistering article (original in Italian).
by editor | Mar 7, 2019 | Top Page Links
While the economic problems facing refugee populations and host countries can only be solved through private employment, governments can do more to help employers who are trying to hire refugees, argue analysts from the European Policy Centre. The report lists a...
by editor | Mar 7, 2019 | Top Page Links
Corporate boards have a lot of work to do to “future proof” their companies against impending shocks from blockchain and AI. A new report summarizes the recommendations and concerns covered during a panel discussion hosted by the European Corporate...
by editor | Mar 7, 2019 | Top Page Links
Corporate taxes are “out of control,” argues Matthias Bauer in a new report for the European Centre for International Political Economy. Among other charges, the report characterizes the EU taxes on digital platforms as a form of “tax...
by editor | Mar 7, 2019 | Top Page Links
The 2016 increase in Ireland’s minimum wage had a marginal impact on household incomes, although it did succeed in reducing inequality between high and low wage earners by up to 8%, according to Ireland’s Economic and Social Research Institute.