How do you like them apples?
Today 10 September 2024 Apple has finally been ordered to pay 13,000,000,000 Euros in tax to the Irish Government but back then they did not want it and this is why…
Economics
UNASUR-GRID: Financing Sustainable Energy Sovereignty with the Bank of the South
This is a new book chapter of mine on the use of local finance in South America to integrate national electrical grids into a UNASUR regional electric GRID which moves to 100% renewable inputs. Tony Phillips (2016), UNASUR-GRID: Financing Sustainable […]
The Southern Bank / Banco del Sur un paso adelante
Públicados en “Americas Program” Una Nueva arquitectura finaciera para América Latina traducido por Annette RamosPartes I y II Tony PhillipsParte uno y dos de una series de dos que escribí sobre NAFR (La Nueva Arquitectura Financiera para América del Sur […]
Letter to the Irish Times
Madam, As a non-resident Irish citizen living in Argentina it is rare that I voice an opinion on the Irish economy. While economic policy affects my family in Dublin directly, it has little effect on me personally. However, as an […]
Privatising Profits, Socialising Losses
The rapid fallout from less than a decade of financial speculation has been mind-boggling. Barely legal, the unregulated bubble in “credit derivatives”2 grew from $1 trillion in 2003 to $15 trillion in 20073 to finally burst, leaving the global financial system on life support in the public ward.
Argentina versus el Banco Mundial: ¿Juego limpio o partido arreglado?
Programa de las Américas Informe especial Argentina versus el Banco Mundial: ¿Juego limpio o partido arreglado? Tony Phillips 18 de junio de 2008 Versión original: Argentina Versus the World Bank: Fair Play or Fixed Fight?Traducción por: Annette Ramos Programa de […]
The Economics of Trust
Trust seems like an old fashioned word these days but when it comes to government and economy a working level of trust is essential. Not everyone can be an economist or the overseer of operations on an international gas pipeline. […]