Environment
George Monbiot: Eating the Earth
There will be no more meat in 2100. George Monbiot explains why that has to happen and will happen. Read here
Month: January 2018
Austerity
German Foreign Policy – Tunisia: Pushed into a Dead End
After Greece, Germany appears to be set for a repeat performance in Tunisia. Read here
Corruption
Romania Insider: Media reports about Romania’s proposed Prime Minster not flattering
Brilliant! The EU is becoming a parody of itself. This article demonstrates that democracy has become irrelevant in EU countries. Governments have become enforcers of neo-liberal policy and their own particlular interests. They are not […]
Deregulation
Adam Leaver – Out of time: The fragile temporality of Carillion’s accumulation model
The state as the Ponzi scheme investor of last resort. “Is it for outsourcing firms to help the state with its service delivery problems, or is it for the state to help capital with its […]
EU politics
Richard Murphy – The systemic questions Carillion gives rise to
Richarld Murphy called for directors of such companies to face unlimited liability for their actions, unleashing a torrent of comment in praise and condemnation of rude capitalism at work. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice […]
Uncategorized
Steve Keen – Outsourcing and public-private-partnerships
Steve Keen debunks outsourcing and public-private-partnerships Listen here
Economics
Aditya Chakrabortty: Britain is being stalked by a zombie elite – time to take them on
Democracy is the government of the people by the people for the people. As gpvernments fail miserably, it is time to take back power. Aditya Chakrabortty is beginning a series of how this is being […]
Economics
Thomas Piketty: 2018, the year of Europe
There are some truly shocking numbers in Piketty’s blog: But in Warsaw or in Prague, events are interpreted quite differently. They point out that the rate of return on the private investment from the West […]
Finance
Chris Dillow: GENES & THE LEFT
Eugenics seems to be on the rise again, now that meritocracy has been revealed as a farce, especially with regard to the heirs of the rich. Chris Dillow concludes neither is important for the Left. […]
Deregulation
Bill Mitchell: Renationalisation – when self-promoted genius becomes plain lame
Privatisation has been one of the greatest wealth re-distributions in history – to the benefit of the wealthy. Now that most Europeans have understood this, the same perpetrators are coming up with people friendly privatisation. […]