Tax grab or workers’ liberation?
On both sides of the Atlantic, the normally specialist topic of corporate governance – rules governing the structure and administration of listed companies – is becoming one of the key political battlegrounds. In the US, Senator Elizabeth Warren wants to shake up...
Financial Stability Post Brexit
As Brexit approaches and the international economy marks the tenth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, people are thinking about what Brexit will mean for financial stability in relation to the UK economy, London as an international financial centre and...
Europe’s Trade Problem: Closed markets that stay closed result in a defective approach to science and the management of risk evaluation
The agreement between President Trump and Mr Jean Claude Juncker in Washington DC to set aside recent trade irritants and think about a more open trading relationship in the years ahead is welcome. It should remind us that the EU economy – as a result of EU...
Trade War 2: European antitrust authorities take aim at Silicon Valley
Margrethe Vestager – veteran Danish politician and EU’s current Competition Commissioner – knows how to turn a phrase. “There’s no such thing as a free search”, she quipped, just before imposing a record €4.3 billion fine on Google for antitrust violations, in an...
