Politics / Finance
Articles about Finance, ordered by date. 
Dirty banking in Europe
The European Central Bank (ECB) is pumping billions into the economy, resulting in a massive subsidy for oil and gas business and highway construction and car production companies.
Ending the offshore bonanza
There are ways to change the irresponsible system of tax avoidance, as Niko Block demonstrates.
The dictionary of deceit
New Internationalist dissects the language of high finance with low motives.
Fox in charge of the hen house
Alain Deneault explains how states legalize tax fraud.
Whose money is it anyway?
Dan Hind explodes the self-righteous excuses of tax cheats.
The dissimulation game
Tax avoidance is a worldwide system involving many destinations and layers of financial manipulation. We chart a few of the strands to show who wins and who loses.
The damage done
Tax avoidance has its most pernicious effects in the Global South. Stephanie Boyd reports from Peru.
Tax cheating, easy living
Josh Eisen and Richard Swift tour the offshore world to find out why governments are drowning in debt.
The Panama Papers: a podcast special
The latest taxcast from the Tax Justice Network discusses the biggest offshore leak in history.
It’s a lottery
Luke Rees explores the degree to which proceeds from the lottery benefit society.
Myth 10: Growth is the only way
Dinyar Godrej explains why we need to find another way, fast.
Myth 9: Everyone has to pay their debts
We need debt management not reduction, says Dinyar Godrej.
Myth 7: Financial regulation will destroy a profitable banking sector
Why should financial markets be accountable only to themselves? asks David Ransom.
Myth 6: Fossil fuels are more economically viable than renewables
Not if you look at the environmental costs, says Dinyar Godrej.
Myth 5: The private sector is more efficient than the public sector
There is no evidence of greater efficiency, explains Dinyar Godrej.
Myth 4: Economic migrants are a drain on rich world economies
Migration follows a demand for labour - and benefits the receiving country, writes Dinyar Godrej.
Myth 3: Taxing the rich scares off investors and stalls economic performance
Taxation creates prosperity just as much as private enterprise, says David Ransom.
Myth 2: Deficit reduction is the only way out of a slump
Don't rely on those who caused the crash to resolve it, argues David Ransom.
A Mars bar from Tommy Chocolate
The dodgy dealings of bankers and financial traders continue to amaze and appal us. But few people realize that they, rather than governments, control the very creation of money, as Peter Stalker explains.
Action on banks - what you can do
How to get involved... and some inspiration from Spain.
Rachel's rocket and the risk factory
A cautionary tale, illustrated by Kate Charlesworth.
Banks - the facts
The megabanks and the mega-bonuses... facts and figures you should know.