Wasn’t this also one of those wars where we were going to help humanity and bring enlightenment into darkness? All it seems to have accomplished is a lot of deaths. Odd that the European political [...]
The Scottish Greens have joined the club of Irish, Austrian and German Green parties who have established their politics in the governing centre for the benefit of capital David Jamieson is a journalist, writer and [...]
The pandemic-induced crisis has seen fiscal policy relaxed. Ill-evidenced orthodoxy must not be allowed to reinstate austerity. Philipp Heimberger is Economist at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) Cross-posted from wiiw website Economists [...]
Why open source medicines offer so much to society – but less to pharmaceutical corporations. Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Cross-posted from the CEPR Blog [...]
On Brexit and the task of confronting technofeudalism Yanis Varoufakis is a Greek economist, politician, leader of MeRA25 and DiEM25, former Greece’s Finance Minister, author and professor This interview was conducted by Daniel Powell and [...]
There are many misconceptions about electric vehicles (hybrids are not electrical vehicles). This is just one of the five misconception where the ICCT looks at their climate impact. To read the full report go Here [...]
This is the first in a series of four blog posts on the climate by STEPS co-director Andy Stirling, under the heading: ‘Controlling a stable planetary climate – or caring for a complex changing Earth?’ [...]
The pandemic has thrown up so many important questions. Here’s another. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the [...]
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coming talks
Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau
“Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau” is a series of talks, featuring some of the most prominent European heterodox economists. Due to current developments we are now emphasising climate change, once again with some of the leading experts in this field.These talks are presented by BRAVE NEW EUROPE, the Helle Panke Foundation, and with the friendly support of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.
Thursday, 27 January 8 p.m. CET
Boris Frankel:
"Why Mainstream Policy Makers and Climate Emergency Movements are Unprepared for the Coming Struggle Over the Unequal Size and Character of Material Footprints."
Zoomcast in English with a simultaneous translation into German.
Book Review by Dirk Bezemer Steve Keen did it again. This Manifesto is a lucid deconstruction of fallacies in neoclassical economics, a reflection on its puzzling persistence, a passionate plea for another kind of economics, [...]
