What connects Jimmy Carr, David Beckham, members of Take That and Anne Robinson? As you probably already know they have all been lambasted in the British press for utilising opaque financial products by hiring the services of a pin-striped brigade of accountants and lawyers – ‘economic hitmen’ in other parlance (see Christensen, 2007) – who are...
In late August, the U.S.’s stock market regulator voted to require companies to report on the source of certain metals that they use in their products. While on the surface this may seem mundane, the impact and origins of this new regulation are largely...
The Centre for African Development and Security (CADS) in partnership with the School of Oriental and African Studies’ (SOAS) Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy are pleased to announce the Roundtable on Conflict Minerals The event will take place in London on Friday, 21...
This article originally appeared on the marketmontarist blog. It is not only in Europe that the idea of currency union has considerable political backing. This is certainly also the...
A confidential report by a United Nations group of experts that was leaked to the media has led to rising tensions between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)...
The Spine Africa Project, a U.S.-based non-profit organisation that is focused on addressing spine injuries in the Eastern Congo, has released a documentary revealing the dire conditions within the...
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