Cities VS multinationals
All over the world, and especially in Europe, cities have become a key battleground against the growing reach and power of multinational corporations, argues a
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Know your billionaires! A Portrait of Europe through its Richest
A story about increasing inequality and a weakened democracy. As group Caso Castor, we have worked on a collaborative report by civil society and media organisations
Your tourism or our lives. Work and precariousness in the neoliberal city
Tourism is sold to the public opinion as a positive industry, generating employment, growth and opportunities. But there is a B-side of this idyllic photograph,
(Not) everything is a commodity. The finance takover of the tourism sector
Tourism in our cities belongs increasingly to international investors and responds to growing speculative interests with a financialisation logic. The consequences for neighbours are obvious:
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) as tools for privatisation
The ODG report “Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) as tools for privatisation” is a three-part publication that makes an x-ray of the legal framework of PPP contracts
Tourism: the false fix – concentration of profits and social debt
This ODG research starts to look at the relationship of debt and financialisation with tourism, and how they act though this industry, that is deeply affecting
The risks of Public-Private Partnerships: the case of Renace in Guatemala
New report of the Debt Observatory on Globalisation (ODG) describes how Renace was implemented and what risks this PPP project implies in Guatemala. The construction
History RePPPeated: How public private partnerships are failing
From the complete failure of the Castor Project in Spain, to an overpriced hospital in Sweden, projects financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) make
Mega-infrastructure as a mechanism of indebtedness
ODG’s publication “Mega-infrastructure as a mechanism of indebtedness – the risk of illegitimate, ecological and gender debt” analyses the main mechanisms of indebtedness that mega-infrastructure
Care debt: patriarchy and capital on the offensive, feminist economics as a proposal
In recent years, the concept of “care debt”, associated with the time and work women have devoted to domestic and care tasks, has been widespread,