As poverty reaches its peak, billions of lira in tax revenue are being foregone
Levent Gürses Despite the astonishing data on poverty and the fact that the government should be spending tax revenues on social policies for the broad masses, it has been revealed…
Organised crime as a link between inequality and corruption
Osman Şenkul Al Capone (Alphonse Gabriel Capone), the co-founder and boss of the infamous Chicago Outfit crime syndicate, was born in New York in 1899 to an Italian immigrant family.…
In Ancient Greece, paying taxes increased one’s prestige, but now the wealthy avoid it and the burden falls on the workers
Osman Şenkul Although the ancient Greeks contributed many inventions to the modern world, there is one thing we certainly did not borrow from them: their tax systems. In the ancient…
A few terms on monetary policy and inflation
Gizem Haydaroğlu With the October interest rate decision just days away, news about CBRT policies and inflation has once again taken centre stage. As another eagerly awaited Thursday approaches, I…
Businesses no longer have the strength to survive, and the conservative business world has also begun to speak out
Levent Gürses As the industrial sector continues to bleed and the textile industry in particular faces a severe crisis, more and more major companies are closing their factories in Turkey…
Research: Solar energy is the world’s cheapest energy source
Solar energy is now so cost-effective that, in the sunniest countries, it costs as little as £0.02 to produce one unit of power, making it cheaper than electricity generated from…
Chomsky and Prashad: There are 3 major threats to life on Earth
Noam Chomsky & Vijay Prashad (2021) Large parts of the world—outside of China and a few other countries—face a runaway virus, which has not been stopped because of criminal incompetence…
“Everything is a scam and why principles matter”
Chris Skinner I was going to order it for my wife’s birthday but thought, just before clicking, is this real? So, I go and Google Is Nicoo legit? and immediately…
ECB/Lagarde: Improved supervision of non-bank institutions makes financial stability risks visible
Christine Lagarde Financial stability and price stability are preconditions for each other. Yet history shows that in the pursuit of price stability, monetary policy can face two key trade-offs with…