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Chris Bambery – Ten arguments around Catalan independence

October 31, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

The reporting in the mainstream media regarding Catalan independence has become ossified: It is against the law and harms European unity. We at BRAVE NEW EUROPE will be bringing a broad range of articles with […]

Finance

Aditya Chakrabortty: A basic income for everyone? Yes, Finland shows it really can work

October 31, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

Universal Basic Income is, like Helicopter Money or a Green New Deal, held in contempt by the establishment: not practical, not possible, something for the loony left. In reality it is an idea being increasingly […]

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DeSmog UK – Shell, BP Climate Disclosures ‘Just a Marketing Tool’ — Report

October 31, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

A report exposes a glaring discrepancy between Shell and BP’s public support for a low-carbon economy and their actual business planning By Kyla Mandel,  Deputy Editor of DeSmog UK Cross-posted from DeSmog UK Two years after BP and Shell shareholders resoundingly […]

Finance

Nick Dearden: If Labour wants to save the NHS, it needs to cut out Big Pharma

October 31, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

Giant drug companies – ‘Big Pharma’ – have become the ultimate symbol of  a broken corporate model. They live off monopolies on medicines discovered many years ago, extending those monopolies by making tiny changes to […]

Economics

Leslie Huckfield – Procurement & the Third Sector

October 30, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

UK outsourcing or external procurement is huge and significant. “Just Another Paperclip,” a Report for the Business Services Association (the private outsourcers’ group) shows that “in 2014-15, UK government spent £242bn – almost one-third of […]

EU politics

Cas Mudde: Europe’s centre-right is on the wrong track with ‘good populism’

October 30, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

In the Austrian and Dutch elections, it’s debatable how much ground mainstream parties won by flirting with nativism. Swinging to the right carries long-term risks Read here  

Economics

Simon Wren-Lewis: A short guide to why we should not raise UK interest rates

October 30, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

Everyone expects the MPC to raise rates on Thursday. This would be a mistake. Discussion about interest rate changes in the press normally involve large amounts of data and charts about the state of the […]

Deregulation

Renegade Inc: Michael Hudson – J is for Junk Economics

October 30, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

Michael Hudson on neo-classical economics and neo-liberalism. Watch here  

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Deregulation

Anat Admati: Seeing through “the banker’s new clothes”

October 30, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

Anat R. Admati holds a bachelor’s degree from Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a doctorate from Yale University, and is a professor of finance and economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Her recent […]

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EU politics

New Economics Foundation: Can we do better than Uber?

October 30, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

Last month, Transport for London announced it was withdrawing ride-hailing firm Uber’s license to operate in the capital. Despite complaints over passenger safety and poor treatment of drivers, many Londoners came to Uber’s defence, valuing […]

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Ben Wray: The Ministry for the Future – book review

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Kim Stanley Robinson’s acclaimed climate novel (2020, Orbit Books) has been praised far and wide, from Andreas Malm to Barack Obama. Robinson tells a gripping story about what our near future may look like, underpinned […]

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Eurowhiteness: Culture, Empire and Race in the European Project by Hans Kundnani

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Book Review by Peter Ramsay Liberals and leftists were quick to denounce the vote to leave the EU as an expression of racist nationalism. It was a lazy slander for which there was little evidence […]

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