Nicholas Shaxson
@nickshaxson
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Journalist, author of bestselling Treasure Islands + Finance Curse. Following the money, following my nose (+ holding it.) DON'T msg me here, I rarely look
Berlin
Joined November 2010
RT @KatrinaNation: .@nickshaxson EU vs. US or People vs. Billionaires? Trump’s latest geopolitical moves are scary. But Americans and Europ….
thenation.com
Trump’s latest geopolitical moves are scary. But Americans and Europeans share a common foe.
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RT @lobbyctrl_tech: We are leaving X. Follow us on our other channels, e.g. Bluesky or Mastodon:.📷 (📷).📷 https://t.….
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RT @TomValletti: Today I feel the desire to express my disagreement. As expected, the Vodafone/Three UK mobile merger is approved. My react….
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RT @TomValletti: With civil society (probono) I tried to oppose this. Thanks in particular to @nickshaxson and @unitetheunion. But civil so….
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RT @michaelxpettis: 1/7."How will Trump victory affect China’s shift away from US dollar assets?", the SCMP asks. That sounds like an impo….
scmp.com
Risk of financial sanctions prompts Beijing to rethink where it parks its massive foreign exchange reserves.
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Thames Water: so glad to see the basic human need of access to water is in the hands of these esteemed stewards.
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RT @EQUALSHope: New episode, new EQUALS season rocking:. Have we entered the era of "The Wall Street Consensus”? We interview the brilliant….
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RT @lobbyctrl_tech: Former DG COMP official Banasevic's transition to Microsoft leads to massive conflicts of interest. Jointly with @corpo….
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RT @PSIglobalunion: Ever had to tell your boss you lost half a billion dollars in workers' pensions by investing in a scandal-ridden care c….
publicservices.international
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) decision to invest in ORPEA care group, which collapsed following major scandal, led to huge losses and raises serious questions over the investment of...
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Oh no! I've just been blocked by @laz_radic of the pro-monopoly International Center for Law & Economics @LawEconCenter after I asked him a simple question. The question stands: who funds you?. Maybe others at ICLE can help me out. @BrianCAlbrecht ? (=blocked!) @geoffmanne?
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we constantly need to remind ourselves of this.
gonna tweet this every day, until end of twitter. government bonds of developed markets like the UK or US that issue their own currency record their strongest returns when economy slumps. Austerity is always at the top of bondholders’ professional wish lists.
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RT @GeorgeMonbiot: Excellent and necessary article by @nickshaxson: ."Starmer seems to be taking the side of global monopoly power over the….
theguardian.com
Labour is promoting the idea of a trade-off between regulation and growth. We know where that ends, says Balanced Economy Project’s Nicholas Shaxson
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RT @Ian_Fraser: Siding with tech monopolists, banks and big businesses against the UK’s own regulators, as Keir Starmer did at his investme….
theguardian.com
Labour is promoting the idea of a trade-off between regulation and growth. We know where that ends, says Balanced Economy Project’s Nicholas Shaxson
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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
In power, Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves will regret falling for propaganda about ‘competitiveness’, says Nicholas Shaxson, director at the Balanced Economy Project
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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 @UMassEcon.@PERIatUMass .
politico.com
Dirty money is a major but little-recognized contributor to our housing affordability crisis.
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RT @lobbyctrl_tech: Another unacceptable revolving door case in competition policy: Nicholas Khan KC who's been involved in Google cases fo….
monckton.com
The members of Monckton Chambers welcome Nicholas Khan KC, who had a long career as a member of the Legal Service of the European Commission, marked by being the only lawyer to have taken Silk while...
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