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Month: December 2017

Economics

The Coming Crisis, Edited by Colin Hay and Tom Hunt

December 31, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

Book review by David Shirreff A good title does not guarantee a good book, and this one is good only in parts. Everyone would love to know where and when the next crisis will come, […]

Corruption

The Guardian: Cloud of corruption hangs over Bulgaria as it takes up EU presidency

December 29, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

Among journalists there is a trick to getting controversial articles past the powers that be: wait until between Christmas and New Year. This is a real corker in the Guardian, explaining why despite the horrendous […]

Austerity

Bill Mitchell: Germany – a most dangerous and ridiculous nation

December 28, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

In this typically lengthy article Mitchell reviews how and why Germany is imposing its economic policy upon Europe. Read here  

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Austerity

Farewell, neoliberalism: An interview with Wolfgang Streeck

December 28, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

“Act local, think global. The only ones that can act globally are the CIA and Goldman Sachs, and only as long as there is no effective local resistance. In the real world, there is no […]

EU politics

Slugger O’Toole: Spain’s unionist prime minister has just given us an object lesson in how not to hold a country together

December 28, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

This is an interesting Northern-Irish take on the current Catalan conflict. Read here  

Economics

Simon Wren-Lewis: Voting Labour isn’t going to turn the UK into Venezuela

December 28, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

Wren-Lewis explains why the policies of Britian’s labour Party are not lunacy, but sound economics – for some policies of which he carries a share of responsibilty. Read here  

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EU politics

Paul Kennedy and David Cutts – Catalonia’s snap election: how to understand a confusing result

December 27, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

This is a bit late, but is the only objective article we could find concerning the recent Catalan elections. Paul Kennedy is a Lecturer in Spanish and European Studies at the University of Bath David […]

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Economics

Robert B. Reich – The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How Get Out of It

December 27, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

How do you analyse the current political and economic disaster in the Untied States in 6:21 without saying a word? Reich shows how.  

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Economics

Mark Blyth – Why People Vote for Those Who Work Against Their Best Interests

December 26, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

Mark Blyth rubbishes the title of his lecture. People vote for what they want and he explains why they want what we have: Trump, Brexit, Duterte, but also Corbyn and Podemos.    

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Fabio De Masi and Yanis Varoufakis sue the ECB

December 21, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

The EU and ECB have great difficulty with transparency and explaining the justification for its actions.It is no wonder that its democratic credentials are in such shambles. Fabio De Masi is a  member of  Germany’s […]

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A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine by Chris Hedges

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Abundance – How We Build a Better Future by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

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Book Review by Michael Roberts Abundance is a new book that has been attracting attention and debate among mainstream economists and politicians.  It aims to explain to Democrat members in the US why their party […]

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