Coordinated policy actions are needed to tame dominant corporate power and rent-seeking The Trade and Development Report 2017 by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) highlights the extent of some of the most worrisome structural changes in the global political economy since the crisis, and should be read as a warning for policymakers and citizens alike. For … Continue reading →
10 November 2017 by Patrick Kaczmarczyk
Categories: SPERI Comment
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Tags: competition, competition policy, corporate profits, Corporations, Patrick Kaczmarczyk, rent-seeking, UNCTAD
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Corporate profits are soaring, but so is labour exploitation. Who is the ‘recovery’ really benefiting? Has the labour market ‘recovered’ since the 2008-09 financial crisis? The answer to this question depends on whom you ask. The labour market is a central part of the UK’s ‘economic recovery’ narrative advanced by political and economic elites. In his address on June 27th … Continue reading →
4 July 2016 by Genevieve LeBaron
Categories: Employment, Rethinking Recovery, SPERI Comment
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Tags: Apple, Beyond Trafficking and Slavery, Brexit, corporate profits, factories, Genevieve LeBaron, ILO, iPhone, labour exploitation, migrants, real wage, wage theft, workers, zero-hours contract
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Competition without competitors?
Coordinated policy actions are needed to tame dominant corporate power and rent-seeking The Trade and Development Report 2017 by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) highlights the extent of some of the most worrisome structural changes in the global political economy since the crisis, and should be read as a warning for policymakers and citizens alike. For … Continue reading →
10 November 2017 by Patrick Kaczmarczyk
Categories: SPERI Comment | Tags: competition, competition policy, corporate profits, Corporations, Patrick Kaczmarczyk, rent-seeking, UNCTAD | 1 comment