Summary: Show Notes:<br> <br> Episode 1 - Fake News. BEPS. & the TPP<br> February 1st, 2017<br> <br> In the first episode of Acuity podcast, host Mike Lynch is joined by Acuity publisher <a href="http://www.twitter.com/1andymclean">Andy McLean</a> and they speak with President of industry analyst firm <a href="http://www.intellyx.com/">Intellyx</a>, Jason Bloomberg about the surge of fake news and their flow-on effect in social media, politics and business.<br> <br> The <a href="http://www.ifac.org">International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)</a> president Rachel Grimes FCA drops in to talk to us about the ethics of base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS), and we catch up with <a href="http://sydney.edu.au/arts/political_economy/staff/academic_staff/patricia_ranald.shtml">Dr Patricia Ranald</a>, professor of political economy at the University of Sydney and coordinator of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network, to discuss the potential demise of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).<br> <br> More information<br> <br> Host: Mike Lynch<br> Co-host: Andy McLean (twitter.com/1andymclean)<br> <br> Guests:<br> <a href="http://jasonbloomberg.com/">Jason Bloomberg</a><br> <a href="http://www.ifac.org/bio/rachel-grimes">Rachel Grimes FCA</a><br> <a href="http://sydney.edu.au/arts/political_economy/staff/academic_staff/patricia_ranald.shtml">Dr Patricia Ranald</a><br> <br> <strong>Articles</strong><br> <br> <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/complaints-about-australia-post-fake-parcel-delivery-scam-triple-in-one-year-20161212-gt8zbo.html">http://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/complaints-about-australia-post-fake-parcel-delivery-scam-triple-in-one-year-20161212-gt8zbo.html</a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.afr.com/technology/social-media/asic-seeks-ai-solution-as-share-markets-rattled-by-facebook-fake-news-fears-20161209-gt7jl0">http://www.afr.com/technology/social-media/asic-seeks-ai-solution-as-share-markets-rattled-by-facebook-fake-news-fears-20161209-gt7jl0</a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.afr.com/technology/social-media/the-fake-web-why-were-so-apt-to-believe-fake-news-apps-and-reviews-20161202-gt35n5">http://www.afr.com/technology/social-media/the-fake-web-why-were-so-apt-to-believe-fake-news-apps-and-reviews-20161202-gt35n5</a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-09/corporate-taxes-not-paid-by-more-than-one-third-of-companies/8106480">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-09/corporate-taxes-not-paid-by-more-than-one-third-of-companies/8106480</a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.smartcompany.com.au/finance/tax/80117-big-businesses-paying-no-corporate-tax-named-shamed/">http://www.smartcompany.com.au/finance/tax/80117-big-businesses-paying-no-corporate-tax-named-shamed/</a><br> <br> <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2016/11/17/headlines/trans_pacific_partnership_trade_deal_is_dead">https://www.democracynow.org/2016/11/17/headlines/trans_pacific_partnership_trade_deal_is_dead</a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-09/tpp:-trade-pact-dead,-buried,-cremated-amid-trump-presidency/8010736">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-09/tpp:-trade-pact-dead,-buried,-cremated-amid-trump-presidency/8010736</a>
