Privatising profits and socialising losses Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts Blog Before the COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the world, the big pharmaceutical companies [...]
Although this deals with the the Brown Deal of the UK, the EU Brown Deal is not much different. Why then? they pretty much serve the same corporations. Kevin Anderson is Professor of Energy and [...]
The Catalan language cannot be commodified, so is of little interest for the EU or the international corporations it serves Toni Strubell is a former MP in the Catalan Parliament, journalist, and author of What [...]
This seemingly banal article is extremely important as it demonstrates how corporations are misusing human rights laws to defend their financial interests. The Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decision has put a halt to any [...]
The IMF, which until the crisis of 2008 was the temple of orthodoxy, has begun a revision of those principles; at least in theory, because often the prescriptions have not moved away from the traditional [...]
Another excellent, yet sobering analysis of the current state of the EU and euro area by Heikki Patomäki Heikki Patomäki is Professor of World Politics of the University of Helsinki. He is also a civic [...]
It sounds like the conservationist’s dream. But a return to traditional mixed farming ways could pay off for farmers too. Tim Radford, a founding editor of Climate News Network, worked for The Guardian for 32 [...]
BRAVE NEW EUROPE publishes expertise with a radical face and attitude concerning European politics and economics. We promote critical thinking and the creation of an alternative to neo-liberalism.
“Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau” is a series of talks, featuring some of the most prominent European heterodox economists, planned for this year and next in Berlin presented by BRAVE NEW EUROPE, the Helle Panke Foundation, and local groups of the Network for Pluralist Economics.
Online discussion on Wednesday, 9 December 2020 from 8-10 pm CET
Susan Paulson and Jason Hickel: “Everything you wanted to know about Degrowth (But didn't know who to ask)."
In English with a simultaneous translation into German
This is a blog by Anna Coote and Aidan Harper describing their book Shorter working time should be at the heart of post-pandemic recovery. That’s the message of The Case for a Four Day Week, [...]
