Séverine Picard, author at Social Europe

EU competition policy needs a fundamental rethink

Séverine Picard

Competition policy has been based on a presumption of market equilibrium. Mushrooming corporate power has passed it by.

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Corporate taxation: financing state and welfare

Simon Vinge and Séverine Picard

Trade unions in Sweden want a more equitable tax system, where companies compete on quality, not tax minimisation.

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