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BNP Paribas – The story of straying off course
This 4th October 2018 was an important date for BNP Paribas, the leading European bank. For...
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10 Years after the Failure of Lehman Brothers: Once more unto the brink
Remember Lehman? Within the space of ten years we have, once again, completed the familiar journey...
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Accounting for influence: how the Big Four are embedded in EU tax avoidance policy
The role of tax planning intermediaries and accountancy networks sits at the heart of a deeply...
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Caritas France joins the fight to re-regulate finance
“The functioning of the financial system is not in line with the general interest” – The statement...
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Splitting Deutsche Bank?
The announcement of a “separation stress-test” for Deutsche Bank shows good intentions from the regulator but...
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#NoMoreCrises: Unkept Promises of Reform
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Hiding in Plain View: Why economists can’t see the obvious coming
Ten years after the crisis, the Australian economist Steve Keen, who has recently joined Finance Watch...
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A Paradise for the 0.1%
Tax avoidance is no longer the occasional failure of an otherwise efficient tax system; it is...
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Ten years after the crash, is civil society ready to take on big finance?
In this blog article, OpenDemocracyUK’s economics editor Laurie Macfarlane calls on civil society to start tackling the root...
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