ActionAid, Christian Aid, Oxfam and Save the Children made the following joint statement today: At the third UN Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3) in
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This is from the EU summary of the deal made with Greece: On labour markets [Greece must] undertake rigorous reviews and modernisation of collective bargaining,
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Tsipras will return to Greece today holding a scrap of paper declaring that there will be peace in our time. Chamberlain did much the same
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Maya Forstater has a blog and draft report out this morning via the Center for Global Development in which she asks whethere it has been
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As the FT notes this morning: The article is a rather depressing tour of what tax havens have on offer, countered by TJN’s John Christensen.
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This quote, via Bloomberg, reveals what privatisation has always been about: Slovene Prime Minister Miro Cerar says a few open issues are making it hard for
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This is the conclusion to this morning’s FT editorial on Greece, with which I agree: The Greek people should not be plunged deeper into the
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It is very hard to fathom Germany’s reaction to Greece, as evidenced by its negotiating stance over the weekend. It is as if the Germans
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To the tune of ‘Oliver’: MRS MERKEL: For our euros you are about to receive May the Lord make you truly thankful. THE EUROGROUP: Amen.
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