New episode, new EQUALS season rocking: Have we entered the era of "The Wall Street Consensus”? We interview the brilliant Daniela Gabor. Bill Max Lawson ask what this new paradigm is all about. Is this what follows neoliberalism? Tune in now▶️: pod.fo/e/20b98a

Another unacceptable revolving door case in competition policy: Nicholas Khan KC who's been involved in Google cases for the Commission joins law firm Monckton Chambers that used to represent Google against the Commission in exactly those cases. monckton.com/european-and-c… 1/

The Little-Known Factor Driving up Housing Costs: Dirty Money. Money flowing in to financial centres doesn't help the countries that host them: this is one key reason. Excellent piece by @LEONCENDIKUMANA and James Boyce UMass Economics PERI politico.com/news/magazine/…

Today, in light of the truly appalling and dangerous guff coming out of the UK investment summit stories, would be a good day to re-up this article theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Greg Gunthorp The cattle and beef industries pre-financialization: nobull.mikecallicrate.com/2024/09/23/the…

Siding with tech monopolists, banks and big businesses against the UK’s own regulators, as Keir Starmer did at his investment summit, isn’t a good look. We know where it ends. Nicholas Shaxson theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Excellent and necessary article by Nicholas Shaxson: "Starmer seems to be taking the side of global monopoly power over the people of Britain." It's a craven and ultimately self-defeating approach. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Ever had to tell your boss you lost half a billion dollars in workers' pensions by investing in a scandal-ridden care corporation whose executives now sit in prison facing corruption charges? Half.A.God.Damn.Billion New report from CICTAR reveals... publicservices.international/resources/publ…

we constantly need to remind ourselves of this

Oh no! I've just been blocked by Lazar Radic of the pro-monopoly International Center for Law & Economics Int'l Ctr Law & Econ after I asked him a simple question. The question stands: who funds you? Maybe others at ICLE can help me out. Brian Albrecht ? (=blocked!) Geoffrey Manne?

Former DG COMP official Banasevic's transition to Microsoft leads to massive conflicts of interest. Jointly with Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), we've submitted a complaint to Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager & Director General Guersent on this revolving door case. lobbycontrol.de/wp-content/upl…

1/7 "How will Trump victory affect China’s shift away from US dollar assets?", the SCMP asks. That sounds like an important question under a more aggressive Trump administration, but it is just as meaningless as it always has been. sc.mp/qle7d?utm_sour… via @scmpnews

Thames Water: so glad to see the basic human need of access to water is in the hands of these esteemed stewards ft.com/content/508771…

Today I feel the desire to express my disagreement. As expected, the Vodafone/Three UK mobile merger is approved. My reactions: 1) Prices will go up. Investments will hardly be affected. People will suffer. The UK will suffer as essential infrastructure will become more expensive

With civil society (probono) I tried to oppose this. Thanks in particular to Nicholas Shaxson and Unite the union: join a union. But civil society has no organisation, no money, and alas very few people willing to listen. We lost. How can we change this? Fin/Ciao

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.Nicholas Shaxson EU vs. US or People vs. Billionaires? Trump’s latest geopolitical moves are scary. But Americans and Europeans share a common foe. thenation.com/article/world/…