How Crooked is the Oil Market?
Disturbing article. The financialization of the real economy has gone overboard, that’s about the minimum conclusion one can draw. But there is much more to it..
Disturbing article. The financialization of the real economy has gone overboard, that’s about the minimum conclusion one can draw. But there is much more to it..
Nassim Taleb’s ‘Bauhaus (Less is More) solution for the fragility of the financial system. Not the whole solution though..
Has a direct bearing on many aspects of the quality of life..
Computerized high-speed trading is increasing market volatility and making it more difficult for regular investors to pick stocks, market experts say. Bring in a financial transaction tax. With high unemployment, […]
Isn’t wealth enhancing. More reasons for a financial transaction tax
If we only had those problems..
Not for Cisco. First you creatively let profits appear elsewhere, lowering your overall tax burden to a few percentage points, then you ask for a tax holiday when you want […]
Made in Holland. Beginning of a trend?
General Electric, one of America’s largest corporations, doesn’t pay taxes in the US. At all. In fact, they claim a tax benefit of $3.2B…
A must read. Matt Taibbi asking the question. Here is his answer. Disturbing, really disturbing…